Botswana: Under Pressure

11 January 2016

If 2015 was a bad year for Kitso Mokaila, then 2016 is not promising any reprieve as his key sectors remain in ICU.

The former army captain will have to draw on some of his military training tactics for staying power. He heads a ministry that is at the forefront of addressing and cautioning the effects of the most devastating challenges facing the country today. You count minerals, they have suddenly lost value; energy, local supply has dwindled at the back of failure to develop timely local supply capacity; and water - devastating drought has left the country reeling from its worst water shortage in ages.

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