Francistown growth needs to be inclusive-PHK
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Participants at the Francistown Investment Forum 2014. PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
The investment forum will be held from August 19 to 21 at Adanosia Hotel under the theme, ‘City of Francistown: An Investment Centre of Choice by 2022-A step Forward to your investment.’Kedikilwe pointed out that he did not see prospective contributions by other relevant stakeholders, urging their participation, if the country is to see progressive economic growth.
“I miss a window of forum of opportunity for input by associations of local farmers, SPEDU, local businesses, employer associations, unions and the informal sector,” he said. He noted that although the three-day programme may be too short to involve all potential stakeholders, he sensed a commitment to make it inclusive in the future in order to enhance the forum’s success.
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...