Hatsalatladi fissures

Authorities from government and scientists
Authorities from government and scientists

Mme Keadirile Koloti, 86, from Hatsalatladi showing the effects of the mysterious fissures happening in the village that are tearing her house apart. Scientists from Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) and BIUST have started a probe into the cracks. However, the villagers have lost hope in the scientists because they said they (geologists) "have been coming here for many years without telling us their findings".

Editor's Comment
The State apparatus must be sanitised

When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...

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