Study says Botswana has met MDGs
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Unveiling his study on the Localisation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Professor Keitseope Nthomang of the University of Botswana said Botswana had achieved its social and economic development goals and found a place as a respected member of the international community.
Adopted in 2000, the eight MDGs covering extreme poverty, hunger, disease, shelter, gender-equality, education, health and others, are due to end this year.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...