�Insulted� poet threatens to jump country
Monday, April 13, 2015
Berry Heart
The popular performer Facebooked: “If my country fails me in this Allan Bekker case, I’m selling everything I have including my puppy then I leave the country for good!
“I’m traumatised and feel I’m not safe and so aren’t my fellow Batswana! Say no to racism and gender based violence in Botswana (sic).”
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...