Thank you masisi for clarity on the Mosu airstrip
Monday, November 18, 2013
This is after months of consistent denials from the Office of the president, in particular from the government spokesman Dr Jeff Ramsay. To be fair to Ramsay he initially seemed to confirm that the Mosu airstrip is being built on private land, before the answers changed to public land, and that it is being built 300metres away from the President's private lodge.
What Minister Masisi also clarified, which is worth saluting is the fact that the private airstrip on private land is nothing new or strange or smacks of corruption but a practice and privilege that has been enjoyed over the years by all the past three presidents of Botswana.
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...