Editorial

Farewell,Mma Olsen

Friday, February 07, 2014

This weekend the media fraternity bids farewell to veteran journalist, media entrepreneur, and activist Clara Olsen.

She was the Managing Editor of The Botswana Gazette, a private newspaper that is one among the many striving to offer the public an alternative from the state-run media.

In the interest of free and fair reporting under growing hostility towards the private media by government, private newspapers continue to survive. 

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