Two sides of the Pula's fortunes
Thursday, February 06, 2014
As a result of the deliberate policy by the Bank of Botswana, the Pula has weakened against most major trading currencies, while appreciating against the Rand.
On an annual basis (12 months to January 2014), the Pula depreciated against the US dollar (9.1 percent) while it appreciated against the Yen (8.3 percent) and the Rand (5.1 percent) respectively.
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...