Good times, loadshedding is back!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
To me, it doesn’t matter whether or not my cousin, thousands of miles away, has been missing in action. You know the Kim…Un guy? We are distant cousins! He was recently reported missing, until he emerged this week in good spirits.
You will be shocked to learn that throughout that period we were constantly on the phone discussing the future. He only stopped taking my calls in the past two weeks after we agreed to embark on another round of missile tests just before the Festive Season. We want to prove to the world that ours is a nuclear powerhouse. Perhaps we should start relations with this desert country, which can’t produce anything for itself.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...