Kudos to the DCEC team
Friday, August 29, 2025 | 160 Views |
The young and old believe in get-rich fast schemes that ultimately land them in all sorts of trouble. Corruption has become so entrenched that some in both the private and public sectors have normalised corrupt behaviours as means of survival.
We would, however, like to shout kudos to the country’s corruption-busting agency, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) head, Botlhale Makgekgenene, and her team members for their unrelenting efforts in combatting corruption, which, for a long time, had been threatening to ruin the struggling economy of our beloved Botswana.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...