Our parliament is going down

The level of debate in Parliament has deteriorated to a point that hardly a week passes without an embarrassing scene in the august House.

The ugly scenes range from legislators getting thrown out by security guards, Speaker refusing to allow MPs to debate issues of national interest, and exchange of personal un-pleasantries between individual MPs.

Some MPs have made it a habit to miss proceedings, which sometimes leads to the House failing to form a quorum. As if that is not enough, our MPs have also gone down to the level of teenagers making shocking allegations in the House, and even worse, on social media.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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