Public transporters down tools
Friday, May 20, 2022 | 230 Views |
Francistown Public Transporters also on strike PIC: LESEDI MKHUTSHWA
The public transporters who are mostly members of the Botswana Bus, Trucks and Taxi Association (Francistown chapter) say the high prices of fuel have necessitated the need for them to down tools because they are no longer making profit from their businesses.
They bemoan that what is currently happening since the increase in fuel prices is tantamount to “doing charity work” for them in the once lucrative sector of the economy.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...