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A paralysis of ideas

Friday, October 21, 2022 | 240 Views |

One of the country’s foundational tenets, one steeped in Setswana culture, is consultation and free speech, the bedrock upon which the kgotla system and democracy have thrived and the modern republic built.

Indeed, idioms such as mafoko a kgotla a mantle otlhe and mmualebe o bua la gagwe, underline the importance our founding fathers placed on dialogue and consultation in the decision-making process.

However, beyond dialogue and consultation, is the need to act and it is herein, that for some time, Botswana has fallen short.

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