Hot politics, cold economics
Friday, May 24, 2019
Currently, Botswana’s political landscape is dominated by four major political formations: the governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the official opposition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) (a coalition of three political parties), the embattled Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Alliance for Progressives (AP). Of the four, only the BMD has not released a manifesto.
As the parties battle it out for the voters’ endorsement, the key issues that stick out currently stand as unemployment, the economy, governance, education, media and land reform.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...