Masisi's SEMPs A Tough Assignment
Monday, November 04, 2019

Bogolo Kenewendo. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
While the SEMP slots have increased from four to six, the President will have a headache on this particular assignment as he has to apply a delicate balancing act to harmonise his Parliament.
There is already an outcry that there are few women in Parliament, even less youth representation, and these coupled with not enough experienced legislators with the desired skills set.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...