On the road to Matsha
Friday, November 20, 2015

The Letlhakeng-Morwamusu Road PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
As the nation knuckled down to pray for the lost young souls, my colleague Sharon Mathala and I were assigned to Kang to get the whole story from the school, the surviving children, parents and police.
We were expected to locate grieving parents, shocked schoolmates, troubled officials and get the story of what really happened. We were expected to go in-depth than had already been related, and to ask the difficult questions. While everyone was united in mourning the students, we were the insensitive duo that were demanding answers.
Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...