Botswana submits EIA for Walvis Bay project
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The corporate communications manager of Botswana Railways, Kefilwe Batsalelwang told Mmegi Business that the comments from residents were incorporated into the report and submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Namibia by end of May.
“The infrastructural developments which includes the construction of palisade fencing were completed by the end of May and due to some complaints by residents in Namibia, the government of Botswana had to submit an EIA report again,” she said.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...