The letter Dow did not see
Friday, April 08, 2016
Unity Dow PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
In a letter written to minister Unity Dow late last year, which she says she never saw, the teachers’ unions warned that proceeding without consultation could prove counter-productive even to the Ian Khama administration.
In the letter to Dow, dated November 2, 2015 BTU and BOSETU informed her that she had not consulted them as interested parties.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...