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Con Court plan riles Batswana as medicine shortages bite

Across several Kgotlas, citizens, including civic leaders, voiced frustration and disbelief that the government is prioritising a new court structure
Across several Kgotlas, citizens, including civic leaders, voiced frustration and disbelief that the government is prioritising a new court structure

As President Duma Boko presses ahead with plans to establish a Constitutional Court (Con Court), there is a pushback, with a growing number of Batswana expressing dissatisfaction during nationwide consultations, not questioning the intention, but the timing.

Various ministers, including Pius Mokgware, Moeti Mohwasa, and Phenyo Butale, among others, held Kgotla meetings this week to discuss the issue. Instead of welcoming the development, people are accusing the government of misplaced priorities at a time when public hospitals are running short of basic medicines.

Across several Kgotlas, citizens, including civic leaders, voiced frustration and disbelief that the government is prioritising a new court structure while patients are being turned away from clinics empty-handed.

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