Gaborone City Council responds to COVID-19
Saturday, May 23, 2020
In line with that thinking, the council has started to install washing basins, and build additional toilets in its 29 primary schools as well as engage private cleaning companies.
It has also completed installation of hand washing basins in 10 of its primary schools. According to Gaborone Mayor Father Maphongo the council is in a marathon to ensure that school going children are also safe and secure in the fight against the spread of the virus when the schools resume businesses.
The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his...