Land Audit Seeks Answers To Land Problems In Urban Areas
Monday, July 28, 2014
Dumelang Saleshando
These questions could be answered soon if a parliamentary motion by legislator Dumelang Saleshando gets the blessing of the house.
It is a case of second time lucky for the Gaborone Central MP after he had a similar motion rejected by the majority of the ruling party MPs last year.
These are not ordinary times. Yet, history reminds us that this nation has navigated difficult waters before and did so by clinging firmly to the principles of prudence and macroeconomic stability. From independence in 1966, Botswana chose a path few resource-rich countries managed to sustain. Diamond revenues were not treated as windfalls for reckless expansion, but as capital to be managed with caution. The establishment of fiscal rules,...