FMD increases destitution
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Addressing the sub-district council on Tuesday, chairperson Peter Williams said that the depopulation of livestock left a majority of subsistence farmers in poverty and dependent on government assistance programmes.
In 2012, the government slaughtered cattle in Zone 6 following an outbreak of FMD and last year the same fate befell small stock farmers.
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...