All hands on deck as Youth Games preps hit top gear
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Botswana Africa Youth Games Organising Committee (BAYGOC) chief executive officer Tuelo Serufho set the tone during a press briefing in Gaborone yesterday when he made a clarion call to all Batswana to ensure the Games are success.
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...