Team Mphafe releases manifesto
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The team says the youth of the movement has reached an imperative point where honest introspection is needed.
“For three years, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) has failed to utilise the endless opportunities of growth afforded by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). It is an open secret that young Batswana in good numbers are frustrated by the BDP’s despotism.
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...