Social Service
Summary of Performance
as of August 17, 2025Arranged in order of latest update
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Establish a fund to subsidize community-based CSOs' and religious' activities in education, health, water, environment, etc.Read More
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Launch a comprehensive and integrated National Community Service with a monthly allowance of P2,500Read More
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Retired persons with experience, skills and expertise will be assisted to continue working in the areas of their expertise such as education, agriculture, counseling and crime prevention activitiesRead More
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Develop social welfare services for individuals, families, and communities to promote mental wellbeing. The UDC Government will establish social grant systems for children, older persons, and persons with disabilities to assist in reducing the emotional and financial burden for family caregivers andRead More
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Provide free working internet to all government institutions and community centresRead More
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Abolish the current system where women may be customarily deprived of access to their marital property and or are denied their right to access/inherit land and property through patriarchal customs that support from their land at widowhood state has emerged as a serious land grabbing practice in BotsRead More
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Encourage NGOs/CSOs to use the fund to implement care-giving, educational, rehabilitation, old-age homes, and recreational services to complement government-provided servicesRead More
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Institute gender fair national strategic plan against Gender-based violence and femicide. It will resource counseling services and provide safe houses and shelters for persons affected by gender-based violenceRead More
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Support all sporting and entertainment competitionsRead More
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Develop a comprehensive plan to unearth and encourage youth talent from primary schools throughout to tertiary education institutionsRead More
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Intensify youth training in tertiary and technical training to acquire appropriate skills for employmentRead More
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Prioritize the youth in employment creation initiatives across all sectors of the EconomyRead More
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Promote community-based sporting facilities such as swimming pools, sports grounds and entertainment facilities where unemployed youth and retired sportsmen and sportswomen can use and keep activeRead More
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Establish state-of -the-art youth infrastructure and facilities for arts, culture, music and sports to support the development of world class artists and athletes in the country. Support accredited sports academies to improve sports as part of youth empowermentRead More
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Build regional hubs/academies for creative arts, sports and athletesRead More
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Revive and improve the utilization of arts technical training institutions such as Oodi College of Applied Arts and TechnologyRead More
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Promote and support district, regional, national and international youth arts, sport, cultural and music competitions to acquire technical and entrepreneurial skills and knowledge for business growthRead More
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Restore sports in schoolsRead More
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Re-introduce school sports and renovate all school playgrounds and reward sport teachers appropriatelyRead More
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Support, promote, and adhere to all appropriate sports and entertainment competitions to set rules and ensure our sportsmen and women of all recognized sporting codes are integrated into global competitions and enjoy the associated financial benefitsRead More
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Integrated water power communications built and serviced to strategic farming zonesRead More
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Build and expand sewerage system in all major settlements for use on irrigated agriculture and biological gardensRead More
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Explore sustainable and viable sewerage and sanitation options for rural areasRead More
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Increase the acquisition of STEAM and 4th Industrial Revolution skills and knowledge to enhance innovativeness, creativity and problem-solving skillsRead More
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Introduce civic education curriculumRead More
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Establish a national scientific, industrial and research councilRead More
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Increase the living allowance for tertiary students to P2,500 for all tertiary and vocational training institutionsRead More
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Distribute free sanitary pads to female students in primary and secondary schoolsRead More
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Develop a work attachment and mentorship scheme with the Private sectorRead More
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Review the current policy, programmes and facilities on Vocational Training and align them with the requirements of the 4th Industrial RevolutionRead More
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Provide funding for the establishment of state-of-the-art laboratories, libraries a n and computer facilities to improve STEAM skills and knowledgeRead More
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Introduce STEAM- Based EducationRead More
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Introduce smart gridsRead More
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Make power accessible and affordable to all strategic arable centresRead More
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Make electricity a major export and revenue earnerRead More
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Targeted Energy Subsidies for Agriculture, Industrialization, and Low-Income Households: To ensure that energy remains affordable for all citizens, particularly low-income households and businessesRead More
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Prioritize rural electrification projects, including off-grid and mini-grid solutions powered by renewable energy sourcesRead More
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Restructure the Botswana Power Corporation model, one aspect of which will be to separate ownership and management of generation and transmission assetsRead More
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Exploit global funding available for solar generation, to facilitate IPP arrangements that will scale solar production to a minimum of 30% of electricity generation targetsRead More
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Facilitate the ramping up of electricity production in Botswana to at least 8000 MW/annum within 4 yearsRead More
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Diversify risk to ensure our economy is more resistant to exogenous factors including droughts, disasters, food/fuel shortages and global recessionsRead More
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Establish world-class health facilities for non-communicable diseases such as cancers, kidney diseases and othersRead More
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Ensure Regulated Medicines PricingRead More
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Commit to providing a social support system for all expectant mothers to ensure safety nets for women's economic substance of mother and child wellbeing as well as equityRead More
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Establish a comprehensive mental health systemRead More
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Introduce a National Health Insurance Scheme that will afford all Batswana to access all the health services availableRead More
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Provide quality healthcare for every citizenRead More
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Ensure quality Ante and Post-natal care that will ensure that both the mother and childcare are provided for from the beginningRead More
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Increase the living allowance for tertiary students to P2,500 for all tertiary and vocational training institutionsRead More
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Cut water and electricity tariffs by 30% and make them affordable for every homeRead More
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Impose abandonment tax on absentee landlords as a way of promoting development and preventing land hoardingRead More
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Rapid development of townships/towns with modern housing and amenities, as part of attracting and anticipation of major global investments and partnerships based in BotswanaRead More
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Provide serviced land and housing to reduce the possibility of disadvantaged people selling their plots out of desperationRead More
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Make available serviced land, build affordable flats for sale and make it long term through a raft of financial institutions and arrangementsRead More
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Ensure each family should own a homeRead More
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Ensure transparency and accountability in land administration and management (land allocation)Read More
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Review the Land act and Land Management system with the intention to ensure equitable access to land by BatswanaRead More
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Give priority to allocating land for human settlement and food production while ensuring citizens' equitable access to land resourcesRead More
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Ensure that religious and civil society organizations are allocated land to worship and run activities that serve the needs of the membershipRead More
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Conduct Land Management and Tenure -a national Land audit to address issues of land allocation and ownershipRead More
implemented
implemented04-June-2025
Distribute free sanitary pads to female students in primary and secondary schoolsRead More
inprogress
inprogress27-May-2025
Reduce the old age pension eligibility from 65 to 60 years and increase the pension allowance from P830 to P 1,800 per monthRead More
implemented
implemented13-February-2025
Provide 3 months package of sanitary wear for the mothers and babies and a three hundred pula (P300/pm) per month allowance for the baby thereafter until the baby turns one year old. Particular attention will be paid to early childhood development in keeping with the WHO recommendations on social deRead More
inprogress
inprogress20-February-2025
Construct over 100 000 houses in the first 5 yearsRead More
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