ESP Should Be On The President�s Menu

This afternoon President Ian Khama is expected to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA). Khama will also take his time to report to the nation, his employers, his achievements since he took the same podium 12 months ago.

That was after his party, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) was reelected to serve Batswana for the next five years. So many things have taken place in the last 12 months. There are so many challenges that the country is undergoing.

To mention but a few, unemployment especially amongst the young graduates, the diamond dependent economic is not coping, the sales of copper nickel are down and Ebola outbreak in some parts of Africa has also affected our tourism revenue.

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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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