Proposed municipal by-law is bad

His apt rejection of the apartheid-type infringement came a day after some officials from the city council were waffleing on national radio trying to explain their proposed by-law. First, the argument by Gaborone City Council (GCC) that with the proposed draconian stricture they would be better able to prepare for emergencies like fire and mounds of litter is cheap talk because buildings burn to ashes without a fire engine in sight while the streets of the city are ordinarily redolent with a stench without a party.

At any rate, for the past three years or so, GCC has been operating with one fire engine and has depended heavily on the Botswana Defence Force for fighting fires. During this whole time, GCC has evaded media enquiries regarding the apparent attitude of levity in its fire department. No matter how much we persisted, our simple questions of public safety have proved too hot to handle at the capital's Town Hall.