How BDP could survive in October!

All things being equal the BDP should bite the dust in October this year. The party’s post-2009 tenure has not been what the ruling party wished for: three years after the inauguration of the fourth president of the republic things started to peel; the historic public sector workers strike was declared and lasted for eight weeks; Khama’s regime from the start was intent on teaching BOFEPUSU a lesson the union and Batswana wouldn’t forget.


While the DPSM was making-believe at negotiations with public sector workers , the president who on his inauguration had waved the four Ds- roadmap, later extended to five: Democracy, Development, Dignity, Discipline and Delivery asserted himself under a sixth covert D, Dictatorship.

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Time to end informal sector fronting

The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...

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