BR Needs Image Cleaning

Thursday night news started dripping in via social media to the extent that Botswana Railways (BR) train was at it again, this time, catching fire wile moving, just outside Ramotswa, destined to Gaborone.

It completes a bout of controversies and allegations of scandals rocking BR’s trains following the re-introduction of the Blue Train a few weeks ago. One would have wished that the recent scandals are dealt with and then life goes on, but it would seem the scandals with our trains are here to stay.

Unbearable to the mind is the thought of a train catching fire anytime. No one remembers the last time a Botswana train was reported to have caught fire while moving. This is probably a first in many decades.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

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...

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