Ngware's 20 year struggle for a Junior School

The people of Ngware and surrounding villages' battle with the government over the construction of a junior secondary school has been running for 20 years and the fatigued villagers have nothing to show except broken promises by amongst others, the then vice president (VP) Mokgweetsi Masisi.

Going into the Ngware by-elections following a tie between Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) at the national elections, Masisi made a promise before a highly attended rally that the school was in the government plans.

The next day, the state owned Daily News, dated January 27, 2015 ran a headline: Ngware JSS on the Cards.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

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...

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