Gaborone to host SADC gender talks
Friday, April 13, 2007
Labour and Home Affairs minister Charles Tibone will open the three-day talks, which various dignitaries, including Members of Parliament (MPs), donor agencies and Gaborone-based diplomats are expected to attend.
According to a SADC statement, this "stakeholders' conference will "synergise inputs from various member states" gauged from a series of regional and national consultative meetings with a view to enriching the final draft.
According to a report elsewhere in this publication, various district councils announced that a one-bedroom home now costs over P130,000 more, a near-unthinkable 32% increase. This isn't just a minor adjustment, but a devastating blow to the dream of affordable home ownership for ordinary citizens.What is most alarming is not just the scale of the increase, but the profound confusion it has exposed. Minister Ramogapi has publicly...