OP disgrace

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At the Office of the President clients are not only subjected to rigorous security checks and long hours of interrogation about the person they want to see.

As it turns out, it could be three years before their queries are referred to the relevant government departments. All in the name of security reasons. Retired civil servant Ruth Mguni-Nyathi rues the day she approached the OP for intervention in what she views as unfair treatment or cheating by the system.

Upon retiring in July 2009, Mguni-Nyathi wrote a letter (dated 9 September 2009) to Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Eric Molale, complaining about what she considered unfair treatment at the hands of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Opelo Makhandlela.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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...

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