Politics; not so stimulating

I read an interesting piece recently titled, ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid.” I did that in the midst of the hullabaloo of the recently announced Stimulus package. With my limited, almost non-existent knowledge of this subject of Economics, as a precaution I took time and read a bit on the subject, just so I don’t look stupid during the heated debates.

It’s a given that politicians can run off with your head, even mess up your common sense if you are naive. Now the thing with our politicians is that when they are voted into office, the only prerequisite seems to be that they should be alive at election time, everything else is secondary.

Nobody cares about whether you possess seven degrees like our uncle up North, nobody even cares that you scaled the primary school fence many years ago at tea break.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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