Lost opportunities by the Masisi administration (Part 1)

What is trending beyond social media is that Batswana are increasingly asking themselves what is the vision that the Masisi administration has for Botswana.  What is their business plan amidst the country facing the triple threat of stagnating economic growth, rising unemployment and high inequality?  Elections have come and gone, so have the election petitions.  State of the Nation (SONA) came.  So did the Budget Speech.  Still no plan exists.   The line of a 1,000 plus job seekers for 12 advertised posts kwaga Ngwaketse this week calls for a national dialogue and demand that we put our government into terms on jobs now.

One would have thought that Masisi would have used the State of the Nation address as a platform to share his new vision for the country, to demonstrate that he is in touch, that he is the know and that he has a pack of cards of policy interventions to put in place structural reforms that can reverse the downward trend in Botswana’s growth potential and competitiveness.