The Rise And Rise Of Peggy Serame
Monday, April 19, 2021
Peggy Serame PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
A few hours before the Friday, 8:50pm announcement that she would become the country’s next finance minister, Peggy Serame shared a performance review of her then ministry.
According to the numbers, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry and the various agencies and units under its auspices, facilitated the creation of about 12,000 jobs, P2 billion worth of domestic investment and expansion, P774 million worth of foreign direct investment and P2.2 billion worth of export revenue, in the 2020-2021 financial year.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...