BoB’s voice in the wilderness hits home
Wednesday, August 09, 2023 | 1800 Views |
Watching the numbers: Pelaelo PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Each year, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) carefully selects a theme topic for its annual report and for several years, the central bank has hammered home the ever increasing need to change the direction of the country’s economy.
The BoB is government’s economic advisor, an army of the country’s finest economic minds, highly trained in specialised and emerging subjects who spend their time analysing the risks and opportunities facing the country’s books.
For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....