Give Mogoditshaneits roads!
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 160 Views |
Residents have been patiently waiting since 2021, and what do they get? A tangled mess of bureaucratic delays, tender disputes, and frankly, a lack of clear answers from those in charge.
The recent proceedings at the Public Procurement Tribunal have exposed a worrying level of incompetence and confusion within the Mogoditshane-Thamaga Council. This has also been noticed at various cases becoming before the Tribunal where it appears that if those entrusted to procure goods and services did it by the book, the country could have advanced way more.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...