BFA crackdown opens can of worms
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
BFA's finance manager, Susan Monametsi, was recently suspended pending investigations over allegations of maladministration after recommendations by the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC).
Damning allegations around her suspension are making the rounds at Likidi Centre.Revelations are that Monametsi and some unnamed senior employees got their overtime claims approved. Managers at BFA are not entitled to overtime.
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...