BotswanaPost stamps out gender-based violence
Friday, June 27, 2014
The deal, to exploit the postmaster’s presence across the country, is an introduction of a stamp with a ‘Say No to Gender-Based Violence, Act Now’ stamped on every letter.
This, the two organisations hope, will send home the message to end GBV, at a time when the latest statistics show that two in three women in Botswana have been subjected to violence in the home.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....