Botswana NGOs come of age
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Compared to their South African counterparts, local NGOs are arguably not vocal enough and hardly perform their mandate to meet the public expectation.
In South Africa, there are many NGOs that cater for the needs of different people. The NGOs on many occasions drag the government before courts of law if they feel that the state has trampled upon the rights of the people they represent.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...