The UDC SONA explainer
Friday, November 14, 2025 | 120 Views |
Boko and UDC members. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
This SONA is a masterpiece. In many ways, it’s better than the first one in November 2024.
Why was it a masterpiece and better, one might ask? It was a masterpiece because it was comprehensive. It was concrete, showing facts on what has been achieved, failed to be achieved, challenges, and what solutions have been formulated to address challenges going forward. And this SONA is relevant to the country and Batswana’s needs. And finally, it was balanced with facts, targets, and timelines, which we all want to hear, see and ultimately feel. It was not empty rhetoric and sloganeering that the green and red Opposition - the (Legapu coalition) of the BCP and BDP are best at.
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...