Onwards to a future of grey and black water
Friday, January 23, 2015
Mokaila
In the last years of the Botswana International Trade Fair, a remarkable exhibit attracted scores of bemused visitors. The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) exhibited a miniature wastewater treatment system with one end consisting of a toilet cistern, seat and bowl filled with black water and solids.
In the middle were a network of solutions, suspensions, beakers, filters and other devices, and on the other end was a solitary tap.
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...