Unions should help Parliament, aid change

Numerous studies have demonstrated that civil society in Botswana is very weak.

The government has abetted this state of affairs; it appointed activists into political and other positions to silence them, enacted unfriendly laws which inhibit freedom of expression and the rights to assemble, protest and petition and the government has in the past waged propaganda war, including labelling some activists as foreign and opposition agents.

The church is weak, the academia has no impact and there is effectively no human rights organization. Ditshwanelo has disappeared; it seldom speaks against the regressing democracy and the state of human rights in the country. However, there’s hope that trade unions, especially public sector unions, can save Botswana’s democracy.

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