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Botswana suffers misfortune due to poor leadership

Duma Boko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Duma Boko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: President Duma Boko has criticised years of poor planning, attributing the country’s misfortunes – including dilapidated government infrastructure such as schools and hospitals – to decades of neglect.

Addressing residents of Francistown at Tatitown kgotla recently, he said lack of proper planning and building maintenance has created problems for the country.

Boko stated that the country’s second city currently has over 103,417 residents and that poor planning has led to a long waiting list for maintenance, repairs, and development.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

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...

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