PPADB battles to stamp out tender corruption
Friday, July 07, 2017
PPADB chairperson Bridget John
According to the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), public tendering corruption has become so rampant and embedded in the country that it has now become the bane of the economic development agenda.
Even the global anti-corruption coalition, Transparency International (TI), indicated that while Botswana is internationally rated as the least corrupt, the country is still faced with some challenges with regard to corruption.
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...