MVAF 'fetes' F/town stakeholders
Friday, May 16, 2008
Speaking at a dinner hosted for the stakeholders who included the traffic police, doctors, media, Botswana Post, Department of Transport and Road Safety, paramedics and others, Kgosidiile said the origin of the MVAF Act dates back to around 1986.
He told the stakeholders that the new Act would emphasise road safety and rehabilitation of victims of road accidents.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...