BPF should put its house in order
Friday, July 21, 2023 | 120 Views |
There are many examples including that of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), another splinter party from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).
It (BMD) literally fell from grace to grass. Even its offspring, the Alliance for Progressives (AP) would later surpass it. For some time, the BMD was almost defunct without political activity until Nehemiah Modubule and others took the initiative of resuscitating the fortunes of a fallen giant without success.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...