via Bulawayo24 NEWS | Botswana president blames Zim. 16 June 2014 by Staff Reporter
BOTSWANA President Ian Khama has blamed the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in his country on Zimbabwe saying Harare has failed to meet its part of the bargain in compensating affected farmers.
Botswana’s Daily News online reported that Khama made the remarks while addressing a meeting at Robelela in the Mmadinare constituency on Thursday last week.
Khama said his government was doing everything in its power to assist affected farmers.
He, however, said not all dead cattle would be replaced as investigations would be carried out to decide which ones to replace.
Khama said cattle in the area were killed to control the spread of FMD while others just died because they had not adapted to the new environment.Khama said his government was spending a lot of money in trying to control FMD and blamed Zimbabwe for not servicing its part of the bargain.
“Although most of the viruses came from Zimbabwe, the two countries had agreed to share the costs. However, at the moment Zimbabwe does not have money to pay their share and this has ben a problem to Botswana,” he said.
Botswana is reportedly struggling to recover P1 million from Zimbabwe’s Cold Storage Company (CSC) for the supply of cattle under a 2011 agreement.
Botswana and Zimbabwe signed a memorandum of understanding in July 2011 under which close to 30 000 cattle from the neighbouring country’s FMD-infested zones were to be imported for direct slaughter at CSC abattoirs in Bulawayo.
COMMENTS
What! Zimbabwe government not keeping up to its end of the bargain?
I am surprised anybody would go into any arrangement with our ZANU infested excuse for a government.
Khana always made Mugabe Machel nyerere Kaunda does Santos mbeki mtwarlkwa kabila look like the village idiots they always were. Viva Botswana. Pasi sadcc buffoons front line clowns. Pamberi the uprising
ask Khama to annex Zimbabwe, better management all round..
If only all southern african countries has a Khama at the helm.
If Khama could take over Zimbabwe, it would be a better place.
Don’t worry Bob will pass the blame onto the whites when he gets back from his latest shopping/eye check (tick applicable) trip.
Ian Khama who will en up footing the whole bill forget these bufoons they owe every tom dick and harry money
come one mixed race hear hear hear Viva Botswana
Botswana is reportedly struggling to recover P1 million from Zimbabwe’s Cold Storage Company (CSC) for the supply of cattle under a 2011 agreement.
Ian Khama demand your money from the theiving scumbags they have the money to fly all over the show and pay for posh hospitals in Singapore or if they do not pay take the bufoon government to court
How I wish we in Mthwakazi were a part of Botswana or South Africa!!!
hear hear straighshooter it is decision time
There is too much tribalism, racism and confusion up north. I South iyarocker!!
We share borders with them after all. Harare shares borders with Malawi and Mozambique. They should stay there!!
Ian Khama if the theiving scumbags do not pay the one million and you go through the channels of complaining through SADC AU and you do not get any joy- take it to an International Court – sort the theiving scumbags out Botswana
Come on Botswana make a lot of noise about your money you have people to take care of
Botswana is voted Africa’s Best Governed Country,
three years running.
The Criteria includes, Health, Transport, Education,
Human Rights,Transparency and Freedom of Speech, amongst
others.
Botswana is a ‘Shining City on the Hill’ compared to the ‘Rusting Slum in the Gutter’, that is Zimbabwe!!!!
wooo hear hear hear Swagman
If Bob read this he probably tell Ian Khama iwe makaradi zimbabwe is mine leave my zimbabwe!! Icho welcome to zimbabwe ruins
it will rain hail stones and floods if the bufoons pay Botswana the money their are on record for not paying always give us give us we want this we want that and never paying for anything always want DEBTS WRITTEN OFF.
Botswana do not let these bufoons off the hook if they come with a sad story that they do not have money deal with them the proper way
Petal, come on man you such a losser and have no idea of what you are saying about the subject matter.
Please stop your tribal coments a leave us coloured people out of your distasteful and degrading posts.
Khama had nothing nice to say about Zimbabwe and he should just shut up.
Foot and mouth was never a zimbabwe problem from day one it was the business, we have the best vets in the world dude shut up your face okay.
Do you understand english?:-
“Botswana is reportedly struggling to recover P1 million from Zimbabwe’s Cold Storage Company (CSC) for the supply of cattle under a 2011 agreement.”
You are just using the name Mackenzie to hide your identity
Botswana is struggling to get money from Zimbabwe one million
if you owe someone money you must make sure you pay it back grow up yo must be the one of them that is sitting pretting and on the gravy train
and yes Bob the geriatic would have responded the way – have he used to refer to the whites as Murungu in his speeches
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Not the only one who is saying how deprived Mat is (straight shooter is saying something?)is and you rich coloureds for a start can never assist those that are struggling you have a tendency to frown on them
You should shut your face Mackenzie
you Mackenzie are you a Barham Green Coloured because you coloureds from that area were always thinking you are more superior than those others who lived inplaces like forestvale dont fool me know what am talking about?
You Mackenzie who helped ordinary zimbabweans when you had the serious cholera epidemic when your own leader was flying here there no wonder you people in zim are so badluck because you forget the people who once assisted you when things were going wrong. Choppies in Bulawayo why because atleast he thinks of you you selfish thing
Perhaps Zimbabwe Situation needs to bring back the memories of that serious cholera epidemic to refresh selfish people like Mackenzie
bet you not one person said thank you when they were being treated for the Cholera epidemic when it happened. remember the story of the lepers in the bible that were healed by Jesus most of them never came back to say thank you only one did
The zambians were feeding zimbabwean people before and now after independence shame shame shame shame on you yet again bet you no one said thank you the whole world is feeding your people while bob just takes it easy flying here and there you people are a cursed nation because of your ungratefulness
When the zambians were going through a bad patch zimbabwe did not ever help them this geriatic just watched – food for thought
Ian Khama is probably not happy with the way things are going in zimbabwe – surely if this Bob can go shouting and screaming the world over when he does not give a stuff about the ordinary person in the street especially from this region, – Ian Khama also has the right to show his feelings- Botswana repeat Botswana was there for the ordinary people who some lost their lives due to the cholera epidemic not that geriatic who goes to see specialists in Singapore .
The water mains are eroded and the water is unfit for drinking, no electricity, someone is hiding the medication or asking for money under the counter while people are ill dying, phones lines do not work, industries closing down -the geriatic does not give a STUFF about a country he claims is his my zimbabwe Mckenzie WAKE UP