Tremor collapses Jwaneng building
Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Car crushed by falling bricks
The Government workers who had come to work early Tuesday morning were stopped in their tracks by the debris strewn all over the place and cars with dented bodies.
Consequently, it took the cajoling, begging and even threats, for the civil servants to file into the building, though gingerly. Earlier, following an earthquake that sent aftershocks around the country, multitudes of customers had joined the officers who remained outside the structure, still reeling from shock at the sight of the collapsed building.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...