Memories of a bad Easter
Thursday, April 06, 2023 | 420 Views |

.Frozen in time: The Easter holidays are a reminder of the difficult times that beset the nation three years ago
When I first heard there was a new contagious disease that had broken out in China and was spreading like wildfire to other countries, I never thought it would arrive in Africa, more especially Botswana.
However, after reporting the first confirmed case of the virus on March 30, 2020, government moved very quickly, declared a State of Emergency and subsequently imposed an initial 28 days' lockdown on April 2 2020.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...