Another day, another talk shop?

The Global Expo comes to an end today, providing an opportune time to assess the nine-year-old marketing initiative.

Almost to the day – on October 20, 2006 to be exact – this same column bristled with hope, as the inaugural Expo was unveiled and billed as the country’s premier business marketing vehicle.

At its inception, the Expo was branded as the spearhead of the country’s diversification efforts, a platform where local businesses would interact among themselves as well as with foreign capital and its innovation for greater development of the economy.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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