Botswana at 60: Saving journalism for the next 60 years :: Mmegi Online

Botswana’s 60th anniversary is an opportunity not only to celebrate what the country has achieved but to reflect on the choices that will shape its next six decades. The next 60 should be about ensuring that the institutions we have built are capable of carrying that country into a very different future. Consequently, few sectors illustrate this better than the media which has moved from a largely state-dominated environment to a fragmented digital landscape where information travels faster than verification. Writes THOMAS TLHALOGANYO NKHOMA*

Sixty years is a long time in the life of a person but perhaps not so long in the life of a nation. On September 30, Botswana will turn 60 and there will rightly be speeches, celebrations and reminders of how far the country has travelled since independence.

However, anniversaries are also useful pauses. They allow us to ask not only where we have come from but where we are going. For me, the media provides an interesting window through which to look at Botswana at 60.

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