The school head was out of order

Late coming should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. In Botswana, we seem to have no respect for time to a point that there is an adage called Botswana Time or Nako ya Motswana.

When a meeting is scheduled for 8am, people will start arriving at 8:30am or even an hour later. This late-coming hampers any progress on discussions since late comers will always enquire about matters that have already been discussed and even resolved. This culture is seen everywhere in social gatherings and official gatherings where excuses range from a puncture, to traffic congestion to a malfunctioning watch. It is terrible that this culture is passed from one generation to another, as in the case under discussion.