Botswana: Rescue Francistown

As the day of reckoning nears, residents of Francistown have started praying earnestly for the powers-that-be to come to the rescue of their 'crumbling city'. The day of reckoning, of course, February 4 when Finance Minister Baledzi Gaolathe delivers the Budget Speech in Parliament. Residents of Francistown wish that the minister will reserve a good portion of development expenditure for Francistown.

Taxi drivers at the city's bus rank are leading the prayer with Big Stan, who plies the Donga route as the chief priest. Amos Aboleleng, who ferries passengers on the Selepa-Extension-New Stands route is his right hand man. Big Stan, who shrugged off Monitor's attempts to get his full name says he is repairing his car every day because of damage from the bad roads.

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