YDF beneficiaries dodge loan repayment workshop
Thursday, October 15, 2015
The workshop, which was convened by the YDF Gaborone district office under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, was targeted at the funded youth who are defaulting on their loan repayments.
Despite the low attendance by the youth, the workshop carried on with about 10 out of the 60 invited beneficiaries in attendance.
That rare sight deserves heartfelt praise, not only for President Duma Boko and his administration, but also for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the Mogae family, and the entire country.President Boko’s decision to grant a full state funeral to a man who belonged to a rival party was a mark of true statesmanship. He recognised that national leadership carries a weight that belongs to the whole...