BHC plans to build 2,000 houses
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
BHC is on an aggressive drive to provide housing to Batswana
According to the corporation’s financial results for the year ended March 31, 2017, under the Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) scheme 1,376 houses were delivered and a further 177 houses were delivered under the Public Officers Housing Initiative (POHI).
At the end of the financial year, 1,125 SHHA houses, 372 houses for Instalment Purchase Scheme (IPS) and Youth Housing as well as 265 POHI houses were at different stages of construction.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...