'We have been cheated' - Miss Tourism 2013
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Gaotsenelelwe won herself a cash prize worth P5,000, a clothing voucher for a whole year, a weekend trip to the Okavango Delta and a tour to one of the participating countries of her choice.
“I signed a contract specifying that my prizes will be handed to me on October 19, but I have not gotten them. The organisers keep giving me excuses that do not make sense,” she said.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...