It is always important to celebrate what we have achieved as a nation at a time like this. We have had lasting peace and relative economic growth since the founding of our nation. These are worth celebrating. That we survived a turbulent neighbourhood at the height of minority white regimes supported by the strongest Western powers and Zionists is a credit to the resilience of Batswana and their institutions.
We should also celebrate what we have achieved in terms of improvements in the quality of life for ordinary people. We have fought battles against deprivation by providing, with some level of success, health and education. The majority of Batswana benefit from essential services, although more needs to be done in raising the level of access to these services. It is important to build more schools across the length and breadth of the country, but until Batswana have the means to send their children to the schools, we will not make much progress. Which brings us to our failures as a country.
