Batswana invited to enter prestigious Tusk Conservation Awards
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The Awards, whose patron is Prince William, have been held since 2013, with 61 winners from 23 countries but none from Botswana, despite the country’s stellar record in conservation.
In a statement, the Awards organisers said nominations opened on February for the 14th annual edition of the event.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...