The establishment of the protectorate (Part 12) � �The lion and the crocodile�
Monday, August 17, 2015
In each case calmer heads both on the ground and in London had thwarted his efforts to create a conflict in Bechuanaland similar to what his Rhodes-ian colleagues achieved against the Amandebele in Zimbabwe.
If with historical hindsight Shippard’s actions and the motives behind them seem clear enough, the at times vacillating role of his immediate superior, Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for South Africa Sir Henry Loch, is a bit more ambiguous.
Residents have been patiently waiting since 2021, and what do they get? A tangled mess of bureaucratic delays, tender disputes, and frankly, a lack of clear answers from those in charge.The recent proceedings at the Public Procurement Tribunal have exposed a worrying level of incompetence and confusion within the Mogoditshane-Thamaga Council. This has also been noticed at various cases becoming before the Tribunal where it appears that if those...