Fresh thinking on water crisis (Part 2)
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Government has announced its signing of an agreement to bring water from Lesotho to Botswana, for which they must be congratulated.
I do not know the long-term capability of the Lesotho source. Global warming is pushing back winter ice in the Arctic, in Greenland, for example. It is possible that Lesotho may be similarly affected, in the long-term, and coupled with a rising population in Southern Africa, may not be able to provide an indefinite water supply. I therefore strongly believe that within our children’s lifetimes, obtaining the region’s water from the unlimited oceans will become a reality.
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...