BPC leads loss-making parastatals

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Parastatals continue to bleed billions of taxpayers’ money, with Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) leading in the loss-making, the Auditor General has said.


In a damning report, the Auditor General has stated that parastatals providing essential services like BPC, Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), Water Utilities Corporation (WUC), Air Botswana and Botswana Postal Services lead in loss-making. In general, most of the parastatals are failing to pay the statutory 25 percent dividend due to government. Even some that made profit like Botswana Telecommunications Corporation have not declared dividends to government.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

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...

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