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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Let’s get the constitutional amendment right

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