Botswana - Always have been my favourite African Country and I dont think it will ever change. I love the people and I love the beauty of Botswana. The lime greeen grass in winter and the big beautiful moon as it shows its round face in the evening against the black ink sky.
This past weekend I went to Gaberone for a short trip. And was pleasantly surprised at the beautiful buildings. The city has grown beyond anything I could imagine. Honestly beautiful architecture. Lots of glass and shapes setting against the blue skyline. My favourite the Justice Deaprtment and courts with the statues on the round domes. The area around the goverment and state buildings are wonderfully kept and worth the sight seeing.
At the Airport Junction Mall, you can just about find anything you need and the restuarants are very metropolitan with designer coffees on offer. I am not a Mall person, but is is a very nice Mall.
As usual, what I noticed, was: no beggars on the streets, no hawkers right at the street corners, taxi's drive the speed limit of 80km/ph or less, not millions of hawkers hogging the areas in front of shops and guess what ?....no car guards. Botswana is a country well run and Gaberone is a shining excample of this.
I am proudly African and sometimes proudly South African, but South Africa, we can learn a lot from our neighbours. A lot!
Well done Gaberone!! Whatever you have done, it is working.
