Promise kept – Ramaotwana
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 210 Views |
Medical supplies consignment
In recent years, Botswana has been embroiled in issues of a shortage of medicines. Things took a turn for the worse earlier this year, prompting President Duma Boko to declare a state of public health emergency to address the deteriorating health sector.
In an effort to address this scourge that poses a great risk to the lives of Batswana, the country has recently received a medical consignment from Dubai following Boko’s working visits to the country in the Persian Gulf.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...