Parly to deliberate on additional constituencies Bill
Friday, July 15, 2022 | 640 Views |
Parliament PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The call came after MP for Gaborone North, Mpho Balopi brought a motion calling for additional four constituencies to the existing 57 the country has and the motion passed.
On Tuesday, at the BDP parliamentary caucus, members were allegedly informed that the Bill will be tabled in this winter Parliament and they should support the Bill that will be brought by the Ministry of State President.
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...