It is Gov�s Responsibility To Nurture Freedom Of Speech

Freedom of expression, or freedom of speech, in a democracy, like the big-eared fox, tells us the heartbeat of our democracy which we all should jealously guard. The absence or lack of instruments of freedom of expression of divergent views should remind us all that our democracy is on a sickbed and requires urgent surgical attention. 

One of those freedoms of expression tools is the independent media.  Botswana has reached a time when the growth of the independent media is actively under threat.  In a small economy such as Botswana where every sector depends on government business for sustenance, here government has taken a conscious decision to starve the independent media of advertising, a tact deliberately designed to close down critical media houses.