Child Support Grant start, a welcome development

The revelation was made by the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, through its Chief Public Relations Officer, Chandapiwa Baputaki, As expected, many Batswana have expressed reservations about the grant, but looking at it objectively the initiative is no doubt a welcome development. The Ministry’s press release states that low-income households with children below the age of one year will be assisted with P300 every month to meet their basic needs for the young ones. The payments have been backdated to the promised start date of April 1, 2026.

“Desperate people do desperate things”– Michael BrooksHowever, this desperate pursuit of employment comes with its own negative outcomes. Therefore, Batswana must guard against becoming easy targets for human traffickers, labour exploiters and other transnational criminal networks that prey on vulnerable job seekers.Numbers don’t lie. The recent revelation by the Botswana Police Service that 22 Batswana have been reported missing after…