Khama magic could favour BDP in Tonota North
Monday, August 30, 2010
What has remained constant about the constituency is its high level of poverty and illiteracy relative to the country's economic performance.
In the absence of ideological differences between the Botswana Democratic Party and the Botswana Congress Party, it is issues such as resources, conditions of poverty and literacy levels, the age and gender of the candidates, mobilisation and oratory of the party activists, among other things, that will influence the outcome of the Tonota North by-election in favor of the BDP.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...