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You Can Go To Jail For That

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only resulted in loss of lives, but economic recession. Botswana has not been immune to this scourge as evidenced by among others, high unemployment rates; decline in mining and tourism revenues, abrupt decline in equity markets and loss of market value.

The disruptions in both demand and supply as a result of the pandemic, led to technological revolution that fundamentally altered the way we live, work, and relate to one another. More and more people have resorted to the use of technology in their endeavour to seek or provide product/service during restrictions such as “stay-at-home” that were imposed by countries, Botswana included.

With the current cost of living in our economy being high, more people find themselves looking for ways to make money, particularly online. However, this has made an opportunity for other people to come up with new ways to swindle others of their hard-earned cash.

Editor's Comment
Commitment by DPP to fight corruption welcome

Whilst many citizens put trust in their leaders that they are tackling one of the worst curses that can befall a country, the public has lost trust after all the cases seemed not to go anywhere.As the saying goes, ‘corruption is a cancer that eats away at the fabric of society’; corruption affects effective governance.Corruption affects delivery of services to the public and also crumbles most systems meant to assist citizens who are very...

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