How Masisi is mismanaging the pandemic
Monday, August 09, 2021 | 10420 Views |
Masisi. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG
In early May, President Mokgweetsi Masisi told a CNN journalist that Botswana was on the 'verge' of becoming the first African country to vaccinate its entire adult population against the deadly coronavirus.
With unbridled optimism, the President lauded the country’s experience fighting pandemics, singling out the spirited battle against HIV/AIDS in the 1990s.
The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...