Francistown councillors say Disaster Committee did not assist enough

The disaster committee, chaired by the district commissioner, and made up of social welfare officers, the police and Botswana Defence Force, briefed the councillors and the media on the amount of destruction caused by the thunderstorm that hit the city of Francistown on Friday. Some councillors accused the committee of giving undue attention to certain sections of the town at the expense of other equally deserving places. The councillors insisted that no assessment was done in their wards.

Francistown Central Councillor, Ephraim Maiketso, was disappointed that the report given by the committee was not enough as nothing was said about his ward yet many people there were affected.  Biki Mbulawa of Philip Matante West agreed with Maiketso adding that he was concerned that the Botswana Power Corporation did not remove the cables which were posing a serious threat to the public.