Meagre BOT50 budget forces tender cancellation
Tuesday, May 03, 2016
Thapelo Olopeng
Bidders have been notified that government has cancelled the tender due to financial constratints. The government had initially awarded the committee P54 million to run the prorgammes, but the commitee requested a supplement to make it P100 million. The BOT50 tenders have been marred by controversy with many accusing the authorities of corruption.
In an interview with The Monitor last week, the Commitee Coordinator, Charity Kgotlafela said one of the challenges they continue to encounter was that of insufficient funds.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...