Youths excoriate BNYC for 'routine oversight'
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Speaking at a ceremony to launch Botswana Youth Leaders' Tool-kit in Gaborone yesterday, a youth activist from the Kgalagadi District, Johnson Morotsi, said he was "rudely shocked" to find that though he and other youths had actively participated "in the development and editorial work in the making of this toolkit, there is no mention or acknowledgement of our contribution".
"I don't even see our picture here," Morotsi said. "We should be sitting at the top table and being toasted for a job well done. Instead we see people who did not partake in the toolkit being recognised."
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...