Botswana Is As Corrupt As The Next African State

Corruption is a cancer, which even amputation cannot kill. It is a cancer that eats the country from within and only shows its ugly nature when the system is on its knees. It has eaten through many systems, especially in the mineral rich yet extremely poor African countries.

We are living that cancer; recent revelations show that Botswana, which for decades hid under the cover of the Western praise, is after all an African country.

The arrests last year, and prosecution, as well as on-going investigations against one of the richest youths, Bakang Seretse and co-conspirators in the National Petroleum Fund looting, as well as that of the former spy boss, Isaac Kgosi, is just a crack in the massive iceberg the ship is about to collide with. The big whale, not the fish is still swimming underneath.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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