Warranty! Does it warrant peace?

Consumers, not only in Botswana, are generally not knowledgeable about many products and services they buy. Quite often the knowledge resides with shop assistants, marketers, suppliers and manufacturers.

A decision to buy a product could turn into a daunting project which often ends with the seller shoving down a product onto the arms of a not so skeptical but excited consumer.

What can consumers do? It is hard to keep up with the many products that are churned out from the cauldron factories of the world that are forever competing for the attention of a fatigued consumer! Thankfully, business and manufacturers have devised some quality disclosure mechanism to assure their prospective customers that the goods they sell can be trusted to an extent of putting an assurance on the product, which is technically called a warranty.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

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...

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