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BR must find ways to make Blue Train profitable

Somewhere in this publication, we carry a story on the Botswana Railways’ (BR) passenger train which has been non-existent since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The story talks about how the ‘Blue Train’, as locals have often called it, has vanished just three years after returning on the rail line.

The train stopped operation in January 2020.

Editor's Comment
Medicine before ConCourt

Yet, while this crisis ravages the communities, the administration is championing a major, resource-intensive legal reform and the establishment of a dedicated Constitutional Court. While the principle of strengthening constitutional justice is commendable, the timing is profoundly misplaced. When the President himself admits the government coffers are limited, every thebe and every moment of political capital must be directed towards the...

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