Trade proposals pass, Nasha wants her share

In keeping with the prevailing mood, rising to the highest crescendo when Chairman, Thebe Mogami, interjected to get Botlhogile Tshireletso, to whip her troops into the required quorum, if only to hear Nasha mope: "Since this will be my last presentation of this nature to Parliament because I will not be standing in the general election that is upon us, I should wish all those who are going to stand good luck.  And may the best candidate win".

There was no applause.  No heads turned.  In that carefree Ngwaketse manner, the lady known as 'Nnananyana' to her best friends pronounced figures in the billions of Pula that would have shocked Gaolese Koma and Kebatlamang Morake - perhaps even Seretse Khama himself - who administered a national budget that was only double the size of the then population of Botswana at ...say R500,000.