Response to State of the Nation Address
Friday, November 08, 2013
While subsequent addresses highlight the problems that were meant to be addressed by the abandoned promises, no new strategies are presented to address the challenges. The following are examples;
At paragraph 49 of his address, the President mentions the nationwide crop failure and poor grazing due to inadequate rainfall that have set the farmers back. The President seems to have forgotten about the Agricultural Insurance Scheme that he pledged to introduce in 2008 to protect farmers against risks caused by climatic variability.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...