A nation apart

Villagers in the tourism heartland of Chobe are upset and understandably so. Once again, a decision that directly affects their livelihoods has been taken without their input and in fora beyond their reach.

Even their elected legislative representative is in the dark. On Tuesday, Ronald Shamukuni broke his and his community’s silence by questioning the criteria that informed Botswana’s decision to fight for the uplisting of elephants at the recent CITES Conference of Parties.

In October, Botswana threw in its lot with the African Elephant Coalition which pushed for the uplisting of all African elephants to CITES strictest category, Appendix 1, which bars any trade whatsoever in the animals or their products.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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