‘David and Goliath’ reach a gentleman’s agreement
Friday, August 12, 2022 | 1720 Views |
Combining forces: Presidents Masisi and Ramaphosa with their respective trade ministers at last week’s meeting
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The matter of South Africa’s economic dominance of Botswana and other Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states has boiled under the surface of various meetings between the regional neighbours over the decades.
COVID-19 sharply brought the debate to the fore.
But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...