Govt to establish roads authority
Friday, December 13, 2013
"We are moving towards establishing a roads authority so that they can go into the markets and borrow funds to finance roads infrastructure and maintenance," said Minister of Transport and Communications Nonofo Molefhi at the recently ended HATAB conference held Maun.
Molefhi said the roads authority would be created from the restructuring of the Roads Department.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...