The Pilot
As promised a while back when i left the general blogging world that i will be back, this is my comeback piece. I have also been busy with work and also with my blog at www.sportsleader.co.za which has gained quite a following. This is the platform that i will be ranting my views from my point on Botswana. I know that in the process i will burn a few toes and make enemies but at the end of the day,my point will be out there. My point will be largely based on what i read from the news and what i deem of interest to my readers.
I return with a different view on issues from Botswana and one thing you will have to understand is that my point will be mine only and nobody else’s. If i make a point in this blog and it appears somewhere else it might be coicidental and it wouldn’t mean i would be associated with the individual or company that made that remark. I will also try to write fairly but that can be a hard process sometimes.
Botswana is a great country that i hold dearly and will always love, its home and as they say, there is no place like home. I might work in a different country at the moment but i hope to be back one day to participate in moving the country forward. One thing we should be grateful about this very beautiful country of ours is that democracy has been there all along and the diamond discovery was done after the British have left Botswana thinking it was just wasteland with nothing much to offer. As the former president put it Sir Ketumile Masire in his book, Memoirs of an African Democrat, the British told them when they requested for Independence that they were either very stupid or very brave. Bravery they had but not stupidity, as we have seen with its rise from the fourth poorest country in the world in the 1960′s to be Africa’s beacon of success this millenium that has been dubbed “Africa’s Success Story”.
The success has come ofcourse but with a lot of suffering for some of its inhabitants. 43 years on, there are a lot of people who leave under extreme porverty, under a dollar a day which is one of the biggest challenges for the government should try to redress urgently. Billion and billions have been coming in from diamond revenue over the years and the foreign reserves are standing in good order, maybe its high time that money is brought into the country to come and do good for the people of Botswana. So, far we have seen results with the establishment of the Government Internship programme which places graduates at different institutes within the government so that they can gain the necessary experience whilst they are looking for employment. Instead of them spending time wandering the streets, they get to do somethign that can prove to be invaluable for the long term. I hope this is the beginning of a very long journey that will go far. I also hope i will attract a different demographic of visitors from all spheres of life.
I am not a journalist, just somebody who is passionate about the web and the voice it can offer to the voiceless. Some people call us bloggers. Anyone who has something important is welcome to contribute.
