Work-In-Progress On P500m Credit Facility
Monday, August 09, 2010
This comes amid revelations that parliamentarians from the Lower and Upper Houses have ratified the Bippa with South Africa, which was signed early this year in June. Secretary for Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Desire Sibanda yesterday said his ministry was currently looking at Botswana's proposals.
He said Botswana has made its comments on the draft Bippa with Zimbabwe and his ministry was consulting with the Attorney General's office on the issue. Sibanda said the ministry would soon engage Botswana at senior official level to discuss the matter before it is finally presented to principals.
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...