Qi flows from Beijing to Gaborone (Part 2)
Friday, February 19, 2016
Malebo cooks up a concoction in her 'lab'
She studied the level of harmony between modern and traditional health practices in Africa, lessons for Botswana and what particularly the country can learn as it develops its own Traditional Medicine Practice Bill.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine has been in existence for many decades now. It is here, and thousands of other places, where the baton is handed over to the younger generation to continue the well preserved legacy of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...