Drought dampens the party as P360m pumped into Temo Letlotlo
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Tears of the soil: Drought once again ravaged the country’s arable farming
The numbers are in and it looks bad for the country’s harvest.
After an El Niño-ravaged cropping season in which rains in February dropped to a 40-year low, the country’s farmers are facing a steep fall in harvest.
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...