Dikoloti escapes injury after car hits cow

Mahalapye Police Station commander, Superintendent Ntoko Simane, told The Monitor that the accident occurred at around 8pm shortly after the vehicle passed the Tropic of Capricorn. Simane added that although the vehicle collided with and killed a cow, the minister, his private secretary, and the driver escaped uninjured. Whilst we join Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and other stakeholders in commending the rise in top grades, a testament to the unwavering effort of many teachers and pupils, this progress is fundamentally shadowed by a failing that shames our society.

The stark, persistent urban-rural divide is not just a statistic, but an active betrayal of thousands of young Batswana.The figures are a damning indictment. When pass rates in…