Gov't digs deeper to bail out farmers
Friday, December 07, 2018
Drought and Household Food Security Assessment and Analysis report conducted in April/May this year found that a poor harvest from 2017/18 had left hundreds of thousands of families across the country at the mercy of government’s emergency drought relief programme.
Now an update of that report conducted between October and November has established that the situation has worsened with livestock and wildlife also affected. The second assessment was carried out to determine changes that may have taken place subsequent to the first one.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...