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Friday, August 14, 2015
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The explosion of counterfeit mobile phones and accessories in Botswana could have the unintended effect of turning away investors and exporting potential local jobs elsewhere.
World leading smartphone producer, Samsung is contemplating reaching out to local law enforcement authorities and the telecommunications regulator, BOCRA, as its push into the lucrative Botswana market encounters massive counterfeit devices and accessories in the local market.
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...