Resource Cursed News Today

As the Government Accounting and Budgeting System (GABS) has adversely affected the execution of financial transactions, especially payment of suppliers of goods and services, Member of Parliament (MP) for Maun West, Dumelang Shaleshando has accused Botswana of being resource-cursed.

  The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on 5 December 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past six months, many asked the more durable question:  how did he change South Africa ? Given how unsatisfactory life is for so many in society, the follow-up question is,  how much room was there for Mandela to maneuver ? South Africa now lurches from crisis to crisis, and so many of us are tempted to remember the Mandela years – especially the first democratic governm...