While thousands of Batswana fight daily battles for jobs and health care, Minister of Finance and Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, like his predecessors, seems hang up on arming the country for a war that is not coming.
It is almost an article of faith that Botswana is Africa’s posterchild of peace and financial prudence. The country’s budget however, paints a different picture.
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