Villagers on the warpath

PALAPYE: The replacement of the Palapye Development Advisory Trust (PDAT) was the trigger for a militant campaign by villagers in which a ballot box was stolen.

Coupled with that, a senior district official denounced for abusing his office and dividing the community.

In January 2020, the chief executive officer of what was to be renamed the Palapye Community Development Trust (PCDT), David Jibajiba, proposed elections for members of the new Board and released a shortlist of 10 contestants.

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Batswana need to do better to stop FMD

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...

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