Can Masisi transform ruling party and save the country? (Part 1)
Friday, November 22, 2019
Can Masisi transform ruling party and save the country? PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
In its current form, the BDP’s model of electing leadership and subsequently how they govern the country without appropriate bottom-up checks and balances is unsustainable and presents a risk for both the party and the country.
The ‘grand old party’ must look itself in the mirror, ask the difficult questions, or risk being phased out by a completely different strand of politics in the next decade.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...