The buck that refuses to be passed
Friday, April 11, 2014
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Mohohlo
Approximately seven years ago, minimum wage earners were on an unnatural high. Barclays Bank Botswana, in a bid to corner the raging appetite for loans during the boom years before the recession, lowered its thresholds and offered credit cards to workers earning as little as P750 per month.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...