BOKA in bad books with Registrar
Friday, September 30, 2022 | 130 Views |
Taking over: The new BOKA committee
According to a source, minutes from the June Annual General Meeting (AGM) were submitted to the ROS stating that the audited financial statements were available and shared with the members. It has also emerged that the amended BOKA constitution was not adopted by the general assembly.
BOKA interim public relations officer, Keorapetse Dube said the association has not complied with the Societies Act Chapter 18.01 since the annual returns for the year 2020–2021. He said two members were unconstitutionally expelled or suspended.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...