It�s Like Herding Cats
Friday, August 11, 2017
Admittedly anyone who has worked with me knows I prefer the world be an organised place where when something is supposed to happen it happens. Perhaps this inflexibility is a flaw. If a meeting is scheduled for a certain time and I say I can attend, I attend, unless I’m nearly dead, and sometimes even then. If I say I’m going to do something, I do it. But I’ve found that these traits are not so common among writers, I might be a bit of an oddball. Maybe my oddball perspective is the problem here, I don’t know.
For some years I was on the executive of the Writers Association of Botswana (WABO). It’s always been clear to me that the writers we have in Botswana are mostly inexperienced and not well-versed on the ins and outs of publishing and writing. This has hindered them from having very much solid success.
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...