A baptism of fire

Tamasiga was raked over hot coals on Wednesday PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Tamasiga was raked over hot coals on Wednesday PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The newly established Botswana Trade Commission on Wednesday debuted before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies, receiving a trial by fire that exposed all manner of administrative rot, including a luxury lease agreement of P79,000 per month for a staff of six. Mmegi Staffer, MBONGENI MGUNI picks some of the choice exchanges

Dramatis personae

Parliamentary Committee members: Samson Moyo Guma (chair), Pius Mokgware, Sethomo Lelatisitswe, Phenyo Butale and Gilbert Mangole

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

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...

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