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.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...