The real reason for the protectorate
Friday, January 30, 2015
A close analysis of the past will show that the establishment of the protectorate was only adopted to protect the British trade interests.
As history has taught many of us, the Whites’ main interest was the route to the north, which facilitated a lucrative trade with the northern states.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...