Francistown West by-election: the BDP blinked
Friday, December 20, 2013

Reversing the court order would have been the ideal outcome for many reasons, but an evaluation of the two options could have established that the legal route was not the best option. It was going to be fraught with pitfalls without any guarantee of success.
But as the conference concludes, Batswana must ask: Will this be another talk shop, or will it spark real change? The answer lies in whether every stakeholder, from the President to community leaders, transforms rhetoric into action.The President rightly highlighted that crime, especially GBV, thrives in private spaces. His call to empower churches and counsellors as early warning systems is sensible. But good ideas mean little without funding...