Are We Lazy By Nature?

At a business breakfast this past week, I speculated on whether or not we as Batswana are lazy by nature. It seems everyone is collectively 'known' for something - others are known for their corruption, others for their arrogance, or belligerent tendency, and we got laziness as a general tag.

It seems so widespread that one wonders if those who are new to the country are 'orientated' to manage their expectations when dealing with us, a lazy nation unfamiliar with service and productivity standards.

This characterisation is disturbing because of the inherent '-isms' that come with it. I mean, are we talking about all Batswana, including the foreign nationals who have naturalised, or just the indigenous locals, or natives if you will, who have somehow inherited this gene?

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It has only been a month since the newly elected government, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), took power, and there are already a lot of changes. Across different ministries, ministers are hard at work. Following heavy rainfall and storms that hit Francistown recently, the Minister of State Presidency, Moeti Mohwasa, made a commitment that government will assist those affected by the heavy rains. Mohwasa, when addressing the media in...

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