Confusion surrounds Tokafalo programme

Member of Parliament for Goodhope-Mabule constituency, James Mathokgwane sparked a heated debate in the national assembly this week after he punched holes into government’s stated extent of the Tokafala programme’s funding and beneficiaries.

Tokafala is a partnership between government, Anglo American, De Beers and Debswana, aimed at promoting economic development and employment creation through Small Macro Medium Enterprises (SMME) support.

Minister for Trade and Industry Vincent Seretse contradicted himself on Wednesday after Mathokgwane asked him for details on the 63 companies that the minister, in his committee of supply speech, said had been enrolled under the programme, at a cost of P63 million.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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