Air Botswana steps up security
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

The new security measures specify strictures on the carrying of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGS). They were to be effected yesterday (Monday).
The directive says passengers on international flights out of South Africa must comply with the new controls on the "carrying on board of LAGS", which became a controversy after they were introduced in the aftermath of the bold 'terror' strikes on the US September 11, 2001.
As is their wont, such novel initiatives stoke robust if not emotive citizen debate. Some have said the cost to import comes at a time of other competing socio-economic imperatives and therefore, the decision is both expensive and untimely.Others believe the purchase is an exercise in redundancy as the country’s beef pedigree is already world renowned and any spending should rather address challenges such as climate change adaptation.There is...