Botswana kick-starts action plan on housing

Molefhi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Molefhi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana has kick-started its implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), a 20-year plan of action on housing and sustainable urban development.

With this plan, the government will be paying extra attention on ensuring that Batswana are adequately housed.

According to the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Nonofo Molefhi the NUA is an urbanisation action blueprint of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat) and its partners in support of the 2030 agenda on sustainable development especially the Urban Sustainable Development Goal.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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