Africa-Press – Botswana. Residents of Kedia have been advised to discuss their chieftainship dispute in a calm manner and to tread carefully on the issue.
The advice was given by Vice President Slumber Tsogwane during a kgotla meeting in the village on Friday.
Mr Tsogwane, who is the area MP, informed his audience that Bogosi Act makes it compulsory for members of the community to choose their own chief.
He urged residents to reach common ground on their preferred candidate.
Mr Tsogwane also cautioned the village’s different tribes on discriminating against one another.
Research, he said, indicated that the village had large numbers of Basarwa who had since retreated because of other tribes.
He warned that if government failed to empower Basarwa they would go back to their nomadic lifestyle.
On other issues, Mr Tsogwane urged security officers who had not yet received their monthly salaries to take action against their employers.
He said it was disappointing that government paid service providers as scheduled bu they failed to pay their employees.
Failing to pay employees could be deemed as failure to deliver on the part of employers, said the vice president.
Mr Tsogwane said some security companies exploited their employees.
He urged public officers to help the youth form security companies.
They were also urged to ensure that the unemployed youth in their databases were absorbed.
A resident, Mr Rex Kentshitswe, had alleged that Bakalanga in Kedia were discriminated against.
Mr Jona Dijesiwa, another resident, wanted to know whether the process of appointing a chief according to the Bogosi Act had changed.
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