Tension brewing between Dukwi villagers, refugees
Friday, February 13, 2015
This came to light when the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Shaw Kgathi addressed a Kgotla meeting at the village on Monday.
It was apparent during the meeting that there is bad blood between Batswana and their refugee neighbours as speaker after speaker pleaded with the minister to do all he could to see that refugees did not compete ‘unfairly’ with Batswana.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...