Govt to pay volunteer veldt fire fighters

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

After condemning the citizens for abandoning the spirit of botho during the veldt fires that ravaged the country last year, government now intends to pay volunteers who help in fighting veldt fires.

This is contained in a new bill that will culminate in the Forest and Range Resources Act, 2009. As unprecedented fires swept across the Botswana last year, many volunteers reportedly refused to go and fight the fires, demanding to be paid.

In his first State of the Nation address last year President Ian Khama condemned such behaviour by communities, describing it as a sign of crumbling moral standards.

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