Is this not the biblical land of milk and honey?
Friday, February 25, 2011
He was addressing a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) rally at Shashemooke on Sunday to drum up support for the BDP council candidate, Isaac Mabechu, ahead of the February 26 by-election.
Matlhabaphiri said that Botswana under the BDP government is the only one among all the developing countries that has got a viable empowerment programme and social security system.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....