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The electric car debate and outrage: A reflection

In the news: Batswana are in an uproar over whether this week’s unveiling was an elaborate ruse or the beginning of new things PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
In the news: Batswana are in an uproar over whether this week’s unveiling was an elaborate ruse or the beginning of new things PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

This week the country’s fifth administration came chest-out claiming to have assembled the first locally made electric vehicles. While government officials was in high spirits at the “assembly plant” thousands of Batswana went online to bash the claims as an 11th hour election gimmick. Mmegi Staffer, Timothy Lewanika reflects on the claims and the debate that ensued

Walking into the warehouse, the first candy that catches the eye is the four-wheeled machines that are the green friends of the environment. Machines that make no sound as the ignition runs, luring the mind to ponder for minutes without end on the marvel of engineering that created cars than can run on electric current.

As the spell of science wears off, one longs to cast the eyes on the tools that created these friends of the environment but then there’s a glitch. Questions rush to the fore and the euphoria slowly wears off. Is it rational kicking in or intuitive inquisitiveness? Maybe a mixture of both, as the mind has a “wait a minute” a moment.

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Don't let FMD outbreak drag on

Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...

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