Fifty-five Students Leave For Russia
Monday, October 18, 2010
The acting ambassador of the Russian Federation in Botswana, Anatoly Ptitsa, said at the orientation meeting in Gaborone last week that the Russian government grants African countries more than 800 state scholarships annually.
He said that this year Russia granted 14 scholarships to SADC countries and that five people from Botswana were granted government scholarships.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...