We are ready to save Botswana – BCP

In exactly 51 days, the Botswana Congress Party will hold its Executive Leadership elections. This group of men and women will prepare the party for the 2029 general elections, when we will hopefully have a new government. The sharp contrast between the BCP leadership that will come in on July 21 and the UDC government should be anticipated.

For it is coming at a time when there is absolute chaos in the governance of our country; chaos that the new leadership will be faced with the unenviable task of bringing order to post 2029 elections, when Batswana will hopefully have given power to the BCP. It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before.

During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD…