KDC decision could escalate poverty

In yesterday's edition of Mmegi, we carried a report in which the Kweneng District Council chairperson, Motlhophi Leo, talked about how the council takes drastic measures to reduce the value of welfare programmes.

This, according to Leo, is occasioned by the desire to cut costs and that the current levels are high and unsustainable. The reductions are too steep.

In the past, community home-based care-givers who where given an allowance of  P950 will now receive P650 suffering a hefty reduction of P300.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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