Another fallacy
Friday, January 11, 2019
This will be yet another delusion, full of drama. To know where you are going, you want to look at where you have been. To introspect and reflect of past failures. To draw lessons on successes. 2018 served a myriad of possibilities. Chart-topping was mass expectations as Ian Khama ceded the presidency to Mokgweetsi Masisi. Doubting Thomases could not for a moment believe it was the end of the Super’s reign. But was it?
When President Ian Khama poured rivers of money. Those with gigantic appetite to eat imbibed emphatically. The guzzling was huge it will take Olympic proportions of embezzlement to match the worst governance standards that characterise Khama’s legacy. Corruption Perception targets by Transparency International tumbled with Botswana slipping from 2nd to 5th in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance between 2008 and 2017.
Figures released by the country’s electoral management body have shown that a total of 1, 037, 684 people have registered to vote.However, eligible voters could be discouraged by events leading to the voting day like poor execution of advance voting amid talks that the elections could be unfair.There have also been threats by certain opposition politicians that shall the elections not be free and fair, they will halt them.Despite these...