The coat needs more cutting

The Minister of Finance this week announced that they had managed to halt government spending by P5.5 billion in the eight months between November 2024 and June of this year.

While this is a welcome development, the problems approaching Botswana’s horizons pour cold water on the efforts. The difference between revenue and expenditure leaves a P5.3 deficit, something that cannot be financed by dipping into reserves as before, showing that the coat still crawls beyond Botswana’s feet.