Africa-Press – Botswana. Although schools in the Selebi Phikwe area are synonymous with good performance, they are faced with challenges among them dilapidated buildings and shortage of equipment, which should be attended to.
Selebi Phikwe West Member of Parliament, Mr Reuben Kaizer, said the government’s attitude towards education was unsatisfactory. He faulted the UDC government with making promises it would not fulfill, and warned that such could dent their reputation.
Mr Kaizer advised the government to come up with laws and policies that were conducive for business and investment. He also said government’s idea to hire office security guards and cleaners, currently being outsourced, would result in many security companies and cleaning services providers losing business.
Such, he said, would also lead to a loss of jobs, which the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) said it would create when elected into power.
He said the affected companies, other than employing other Batswana, were paying taxes in the country, and contributing to government coffers. Some business owners are still servicing loans, Mr Kaizer said, demonstrating that move would be detrimental to such companies.
By insourcing, he said that the government would also be importing risks associated with the cleaning and security services. Mr Kaizer also said some of the Selebi Phikwe residents who were relocated to pave the way for the expansion of the airport had not been compensated.
He suggested that government look into the destitute policy and disability allowance with the possibility to increase them.
Kgalagadi North legislator, Mr Reason Lekutlane, said the SONA represented hope for a better future, adding that the UDC was still committed to improving the lives of Batswana.
He said with only a year in office, President Advocate Duma Boko had already made history by burying Pitseng Gaoberekwe at his ancestral land in CKGR, after a prolonged battle between his family and the previous government over his burial site.
The legislator also commended the introduction of news broadcast in indigenous languages, on Btv and Radio Botswana, and called for more appointments of marginalised people to positions of power, noting that there were educated and capable people among those tribes.
He said Kgalagadi areas were epitome of poverty because they were underdevelopment. Mr Lekutlane said lack of infrastructure development had led to some people refusing to work in those communities.
He recommended a health facility with a maternity ward in the area, to avoid long distance travels to access the service, unified school in Hunhukwe as well as a referral hospital in Kang.
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