E-passports coming, but not for all

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Segakweng Tsiane has announced that not everyone will have the new e-passports that will be introduced in 2010.

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the tender award to G&D of Germany at Phakalane Monday night, Tsiane said traditionally Botswana have made a passport a must have.
"People are treating it like a wallet...but you need it because you have to travel, if you are not, it should be secondary...if you want to travel there is emergency document...if you go to neighbouring countries like South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, for instance, it is not going to be easy to have the e-passport. We will prepare you travel document", she said in her remarks.