HR practitioners encouraged to lead by example
Friday, July 18, 2025 | 290 Views |
Jimmy Opelo
Speaking at the eighth strategic HR conference held recently, Opelo said this should be embedded in legal reforms into organisational culture and practice.
He highlighted that as Botswana recovers from recent economic shocks and pivots to a knowledge-based economy, the conference underscored HR’s frontline role as not just job creation but fostering meaningful, future-oriented employment for a diverse talent pool.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...