Five years of Sisinomics – The policies, the numbers, the results
Friday, October 25, 2024 | 2030 Views |
Tough times: The downturn in diamonds has upended the budget and the ruling party's fortunes PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI
For better or worse and with or despite the attendant misinformation, exaggerations and painful home truths, the economy has taken centre stage in the general election, perhaps more powerfully than ever before.
In previous elections, on social media – that imperfect gauge of public sentiment – the economy has been the umbrella concern expressed indirectly through debates over youth unemployment, minimum wage levels, higher allowances for students, the disabled and others, as well the numerous other topics that have gone viral.
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...