Safari companies stand accused?

A councillor has accused some safari companies in the Okavango Delta of jeopardising the lives of their employees on anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) by stopping them from travelling to Maun and Kasane for medical attention.

Speaking in an interview, councillor for Khwai and Savuti, Kereeditse Ntshogotho, said yesterday that some safari companies prevent their employees from going for medical appointments for the period falling within the prescribed three months.

He said this became common after an arrangement between the Hotel and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) and the Ministry of Health that all employees on ARVs are supplied with enough medication to last them the three months they spend in the bush.

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