Online tax filing deadline extended

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) has extended the last date for submission of electronic tax returns known as e-services.

The deadline for this year’s Tax Returns was originally set for September 28, but in view of the sluggish submissions in electronic tax filing, it has been extended to October 31, 2016.

BURS communication specialist, Refilwe Moonwa said the tax body decided to extend the deadline in order to give the many people who have not submitted their returns the last chance.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

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...

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