Mistrust rises as SADC�s roaming pilot begins
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Pheko
Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe will launch the pilot next week, with operators having tentatively agreed to slash roaming fees by 30 percent. The four countries will also reduce wholesale and retail tariffs annually, in line with a SADC-approved ‘glide path’.
The project is the brainchild of a SADC ministers’ directive issued earlier this year in Namibia.
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...