Botswana, not SA, should be seen as the shining example for other African states to follow. It is not only the most politically responsible African state, having condemned and opposed the proposed mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, but it is also the most economically responsible African state. Business Day reported that Air Botswana, the national airline, is going to be freed of state management, which is something the South African government should have done decades ago with that leech on the taxpayer, SAA (State airline to be privatised, February 14). Air Botswana, like SAA, has not been doing well, along with other state-owned enterprises, but unlike the Botswanan government, our government is dead-set on keeping its airline, whether as a flimsy indicator of national prestige or another way of lining some pockets. The argument is often made by politicians that a national airline is needed for the poor not to be excluded from air travel, but clearly this has ...
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