This phrase has been used by many other commentators outside the BCP to describe the state of our country. We had warned that the election of President Ian Khama and his BDP would lead to economic collapse and dictatorship. It did not take long for President Khama to vindicate the BCP warning. Who would have thought in 2009, that by the year 2013, Botswana would be subjected to;
Crisis in education, with results declining consistently throughout the years while the Ministry of Education can declare close to 1 billion pula as unspent funds for a financial year while students go without text books,
Crisis in health, with patients not being provided with basic medicines and hospitals that are understaffed and running short of basic equipment required for health care provision.Crisis in power generation, with households subjected to unending periods of darkness and businesses being crippled by the high costs of purchasing generators for their own power supply Crisis at the BMC, with highly placed individuals like former president Ketumile Masire complaining that racism is deeply entrenched in national institutions and the beef industry in general
