Gaborone City Council fails to collect garbage
Friday, April 09, 2010
A resident of Block 9 in Gaborone told Mmegi yesterday that when the problem began, garbage was collected once in every two weeks, but this has been extended to at least two months before any garbage collection is done.
"It is stinking so badly, we don't even enjoy our houses anymore. This place is not a happy place to be!" she said. The resident claimed that flies have laid eggs inside her dog's skin. "I realised this when I discovered that there were white worms coming out of my dog's skin," she revealed.
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...