Civil society makes submissions to APRM

Despite the existence of clear and comprehensive legislation guiding the public service in the country, the public service continues to be bedeviled by issues of laxity, absenteeism, late coming, sexual harassment and leaking of confidential information.

A report compiled by civil society organisations in Botswana in 2020/ 2021 as part of their submissions to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) headlined ‘The Big Governance Issues in Botswana’ indicates that the state of affairs has resulted in poor performance, an increase in the number of reported cases of conflict of interest, corruption and abuse of office.

The report goes on to list Human Rights, Separation of Powers, Public Service and Decentralisation, Citizen Participation and Economic Inclusion, Transparency and Accountability, Vulnerable Groups, Education, Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Management, Access to land and Infrastructure, Food Security, Crime and Security, Foreign Policy and Research and Development as the 12 big governance issues in Botswana.

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