BoB’s voice in the wilderness hits home
Wednesday, August 09, 2023 | 1790 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.
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...