Youth demand greater action on unemployment
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Listening tour: Gaolathe says all voices are being taken on board for the budget
Gaolathe and his technocrats earlier this week wrapped the last of three budget pitsos held as part of the annual consultative meetings ahead of the budget next month.
Engaging with the younger generation at the Youth Pitso in Gaborone, the Finance ministry officials found themselves under fire from frustrated citizens who demanded that greater action is required for economic empowerment, beyond the rhetoric.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...