Khama�s Job Opportunities Pledge Reassuring

President Ian Khama has given the nation and the economy in general a glimmer of hope with his Independence Day message where he most importantly elaborated on the grand plan to create jobs and stimulate the economy.

He put the time frame for this as this financial year and also elaborated that it was only recently that his cabinet approved what the President termed an accelerated programme for job creation.

Indeed we need an accelerated programme for job creation and hopefully it will trigger a lot of positive spinoffs for Botswana and Batswana.

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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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