Francistown's self-reliance overdue

FRANCISTOWN: Former Francistown mayor Igbal Ibrahim has called on Francistown residents to focus on new strategies to bring about developments in the city.

His comments follow the presentation of the national budget last Monday by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo. Ibrahim, a respected businessman who is also a past president of the business think tank, BOCCIM,  said that the budget on a broad spectrum is promising and hailed Mathambo's presentation.

"Generally it looks promising and the minister did a good job of presenting it to the public,” he said.  

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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