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Opposition Parties react to State of the Nation Address
In the past few weeks, both the leader of Opposition in Parliament Dumelang Saleshando and Leader of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) in Parliament Nehemiah Modubule have expressed strongly worded views on the recent State of the Nation Address. Boidus Focus extracts what the two honourable gentlemen had to say about the issues of [...]
Government Has Unfair Advantage in Botswana’s Housing Market
BHC Flats in Gaborone The sentiment is always that government should provide housing for its citizens and that housing is a human right under the United Nations Human Rights (Article 25). I have once before argued for government to align some of its adhoc housing activities toward providing citizens with much needed affordable housing. But [...]
Botswana Faces a Huge Housing Problem
Botswana Faces a Huge Housing Problem:Is BHC the solution or part of the problem? This essay was first published on the Botswana Guardian, 25-02-2011, titled: ‘Botswana faces a huge housing problem’ The minister of Lands and Housing, Nonofo Molefhi, has gone on record on several occasions admitting that the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) houses are too [...]
‘BHC houses too expensive’ – Molefhi:Incredible Minister’s Admission
BHC houses too expensive – Molefhi: Response to the Incredible Minister’s Admission The minister of Lands and Housing, Nonofo Molefhi has gone on record admitting that the BHC houses are too expensive quoted on the Gazette below: BHC houses too expensive – Molefhi Written by AUBREY LUTE WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2011 “Alternative technologies would make [...]
SHHA- Botswana’s Self-Help Housing Agency (1996 Abstract)
SHHA- Botswana’s Self-Help Housing Agency: A Success Story, But is It Sustainable? (Abstract) By L. Leta Mosienyane Source: Ambio, Vol. 25, No. 2, The Sustainable City (Mar., 1996), pp. 138-143 Botswana’s Self-Help Housing Agency is a success story in terms of achieving its goals, i.e. to provide an effective means of access to affordable [...]
Revisiting President Ian Khama’s Housing Appeal
Creating Homes for People Should Not Be a ‘Pet Project’ The provision of housing for people throughout the world by Governments is a ‘Human right’, according to the United Nations’ Habitat Agenda. Habitat Agenda states that “Within the overall context of an enabling approach, Governments should take appropriate action in order to promote, protect and [...]
WoZoCo Apartments by MVRDV
In our conclusion of this week’s look at Community Housing, we look at one final project which cleverly overcame issues of zoning and site restrictions in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: WoZoCo Apartments by MVRDV (1994-1997) This gesture created additional costs that were dealt with in economic layouts for the rest of the project, providing savings that [...]
Bridgetown Resort: The Gateway to an Adventurer’s Paradise
Bridgetown (Pty) Ltd is a wholly owned, citizen company formed and incorporated for the specific purpose of developing the BRIDGETOWN project in Kazungula, Botswana. The shareholders are two Batswana who have joined forces, pooled their resources and have embarked on this journey to bring their vision to the benefit of ordinary Batswana. The Resort, set [...]
Building Planning Application process in Botswana
Planning application…change of land use: what does it all mean? The process of building in Botswana especially in urban or semi urban areas is regulated by the Town and Country Planning Act and the Building Control Act, administered by the Department of Town and Regional Planning (DTRP), while Local Authority Planning considers standard applications. Often, [...]
Letter to His Excellency the President in response to his appeal for ‘Affordable Housing, Dignity for All’
Dear His Excellency Mr President Monday, November 1, 2010 I write to you in response to your call for ‘Housing Appeal For the Needy’ launched 16 November 2009. I am a young Motswana, and would like to be a part of such a monumental and desperately needed initiative. Although I will not be offering financial [...]
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