When scribes become vultures
Friday, October 28, 2016
Following the abrupt closure of the BCL Mine and its Tati Nickel Mining Company’s Phoenix mine, all the media houses literally camped closer to their story and for the past two weeks, the mine story dominated the news headlines.
Almost all the print and electronic media houses camped at both the city of Francistown and the town of Selebi-Phikwe in an endeavour to tell the story of the falling mines closer to the sources.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...