Cyclone Dineo �prank� angers Masetlheng residents
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Bad memories: Cyclone Dineo hit the country in the latter parts of the rain season
For terrified residents, the early morning announcement was a reminder of the flooding caused in the low-lying ward by Cyclone Dineo in the latter part of the last rain season.
However, it has emerged that the warning was an attempt by local disaster management officers to compel residents to attend a Kgotla meeting on disaster preparedness, a tactic that apparently backfired and angered some in the area. The meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Yesterday, Meteorological Services’ principal meteorologist, Charles Molongwane told Mmegi that the department was not expecting heavy falls in the area and had these been forecast, the appropriate warning would have been issued. The department characterises heavy falls as rainfall amounts of 50 millimetres or more within 24 hours.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...