Build toilets to curb measles � Maseko
Friday, February 21, 2014
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At a press conference in Lobatse on Wednesday, Botswana Meat Commission’s (BMC) head of compliance Boitumelo Maseko said the organisation had lost P73 million due to measles last year, which had affected most communal farmers.
Maseko said that due to the disease, they could not sell their meat to the European (EU) market costing BMC greatly as they had to offload it to other countries cheaply after treating it in the cold room for a few days.
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...