Scorned!
Friday, April 03, 2020
The now all-too familiar calls for a boycott of local tourism are rising. The demonstration at our Washington DC embassy has presumably again taken place. The appeals to celebrities such as Ricky Gervais, Brad Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres are again being made.
The well-known dramatis personae of hostile media are again leading the charge, with the Independent in the United Kingdom calling the auction a “global conservation disaster”.Botswana’s good name, well and carefully curated over the decades, is again being blackened by the robustly coordinated and well-resourced enemies of wildlife sustainable use.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...