New ideal for a new society Nehemiah Modubule
Friday, February 14, 2014

Allow me at this juncture to echo the sentiments made by Leader of the Opposition Hon. Dumelang Saleshando that it is indeed disappointing to have had Hon. Hobona being sown in as a new member of Parliament without the presence of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Botswana. To add salt to injury the President is said to have been waiting at the Speakers office for the ceremony to pass before he came in. This is political intolerance of the first order and must be condemned in the strongest words possible. This is unacceptable in a democracy such as ours.
For a fact, in a democratic society such as Botswana, the media plays a crucial role of being watchdog, holding the powerful to account and exposing all possible wrongdoing for the benefit of the public.There has been a nagging question about who watches the watchdog after all? Perhaps, the investigations into alleged wrongful acts implicating those supposed to be playing the watchdog role will shed more light into what has happened such that the...