TALKING POINTS

One might think that the custodians of a nation's economic well being would be comprised of wiser members. But not so it seems. Maybe the Bank of Botswana (BoB) should adopt a new logo; the Ostrich, with its head thrust resolutely into the Kgalagadi sands.

The BoB's recent (28 Feb '08) and laughable inflation predictions have stuck in their own throats. Their prognostications apparently too tough a leap in credibility for even an ostrich to swallow.