After Hell Nino, glad tidings beckon for farmers

A field in 2015
A field in 2015

The El Niño climate phenomenon struck in 2014 and 2015, triggering the worst drought in 34 years, which decimated local and regional agricultural production while deepening poverty and food insecurity. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports that by April 2017, Gaborone Dam could be full, while fields could be bristling with healthy crops and silos preparing for a bumper yield

Through the fire

In December 2015, a Mmegi newscrew dispatched to the Kweneng and South-East districts met with the victims of El Niño, farmers and families hardest hit by a cruel cyclical climate phenomenon associated with heatwaves and poor rains in Botswana.

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Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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