Gender Activists Criticise Botswana Over Traditional Brews

Gender activists at the Botswana Council of Non Governmental Organisation Organisations (BOCONGO) have described governments move to regulate traditional brews as “crazy.” 

BOCONGO’s Maungo Mooki says that this will result in loss of income for many families. Mooki states that the majority of traditional brewers are women who need the money to send their children to school and keep their families going.
Mooki has expressed her disappointment with that country’s government for not signing the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) Gender Protocol on the grounds that it does not believe in affirmative action. "Our government is hyprocrite," says Mooki.

Meanwhile, Antony Morima from Botswana National Youth Council is also accusing the government of turning a blind eye to disparities between the lower ranks and management of big companies like Debswana.
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