Smart subsidies and uncomfortable questions
Friday, June 19, 2026 | 180 Views |
Out of the loop: The country’s poorest would be better served by more streamlined subsidies and welfare programmes
President Duma Boko recently threw down the gauntlet, challenging the nation to focus on solutions, rather than brilliantly describing problems. Here goes!
Earlier this week, the Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, confirmed that payouts of P300 per month under the child grant support scheme are scheduled to kick off.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...