MOLAPO had higher concentrates of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), higher than
the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended levels. There is another
borehole in MOTHOMELO, which is operational and solar powered as well as
another in MOTHOMELA which the residents are not using.
There is one Government borehole in MOTHOMELO which the residents are not
using. They declined Government’s offer of equipping the borehole.
The other service provided by the Government to CKGR residents is transporting
children to and from school. They are also provided with uniform, private clothing,
bedding and toiletries. There are sixty-five (65) students, thirty-seven (37) at
Primary School, and twenty-five (25) at Junior Secondary School and three (3) at
Senior Secondary. Furthermore, residents get health services and social safety nets
from New XADE, XERE and KAUDWANE i.e. food baskets and Old Age
Pension.
The Government has taken note of the preliminary recommendations made relating
to measures that ought to be taken with regard to the Central Game Reserve namely
that:
(1) A statement be made by Government detailing her position on who may enter
the Game Reserve and the conditions of entry;
(2) That measures be taken to consult with all the communities; and
(3) Access to water in the CKGR is facilitated.
17. Information on the need to promote civil societies and NGOs that provide free
legal aid and the need to also enact laws that regulate them. Refer to C.O 44
During the piloting of the legal aid scheme in 2011-2013, Government entered into
cooperation agreements with Civil Society and NGO’s, namely DITSHWANELO,
Emang Basadi, Women against Rape, and Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and
HIV/AIDS (BONELA). Upon enactment of the Legal Aid Act of 2014, which
became operational in January, 2015, Legal Aid Botswana, as a new public
mechanism for legal aid started its operations, thereby promoting greater access to
justice to indigent citizens.
See information on Article 7.
18. There is undue delay in the disposal of cases, especially pre-trial detention,
leading to a backlog of cases and ultimately overcrowding in prisons and detention
centres. [Refer to C.O 52]
See information on Articles 5, 6 and 7.
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