The level of inequality and poverty in Botswana may be worse than initially assumed by the country’s scholars and development partners - a new report suggests.
22nd December 2020
While health authorities throughout the world are urging their citizens to stay home this Christmas, in Botswana home is a four-letter word this festive season. With no indigenous Motswana calling Gaborone home, health officials are worried that the A1 Christmas crush will be transporting the Covid-19 virus home from Gaborone which is the virus epicenter. The 2020 Christmas holidays have coincided with a rise in pandemic fatigue – people’s sense of being exhausted with changing their behaviour to help curb viral spread. This has resulted in a staggering number from Botswana’s COVID-19 epicenter seeking to travel to their home villages.