Honourable Mzwinila - the epitome of bullying personified!

The drama of heists in Botswana's political history reached another act as the 11th Parliament drew to a close. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) traded whatever faint principles once held dear, in the process betraying what held the party together for P900 million. Honourable Igantious Moswaane earned respect.

Moswaane and the Finance & Estimates Committee (FEC) discovered belatedly the art of reaching beyond parliamentary precinct to people. The opposition says the current BDP is a rat’s nest of ruling class interests stuffed full with pocket liners barging their ways to the next loot. And the 100 km Masama Direct Project exposed that.

That the attempted heist is another huge milestone in our Parliament is beyond doubt. In the resulting noise too much of the country remains uninterested when it should be asking for accountability. The ignorant have concluded that FEC misled Parliament.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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