Report the 'credit crunch' from an African perspective

Whilst this shall not be a work of academic economic analysis, it should serve to make the more important point that the journalists of the underdeveloped countries must embrace fully, the challenge of responsible reporting on international affairs.

In the past three to six months, the Botswana press, much like the global media, has been held hostage by the omnipresent system of information technology which has inundated all communications channels with speedy, voluminous and picturesque information on what is now glibly referred to as the 'international economic crunch'.