Birth of 20 new constituencies?
Friday, January 27, 2012
Once complete, the exercise is likely to give birth to between 20 and 25 new constituencies if the quota is to stay at the same figure as in 2002 (25,000) when it was last decided.
The 2002 Delimitation Commission, which was chaired by the present Chief Justice, Maruping Dibotelo, produced 17 new constituencies in addition to 40 that existed then. It was initially thought there would be 65 constituencies but other factors brought this down to 57.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...