Council chambers of dishonour
Friday, November 27, 2015

Councilor Mooketsi Selala of UDC bleeding after an assault by BDP councilor Botokonyana Motoroko.PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
But the behaviour that has often been exhibited by councillors around the country in recent times shows little regard to the integrity of both the councillors and their chambers.
Tales of councillors hurling obscene language and engaging in fistfights at each other inside the council chambers have now become common.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...