We cannot have older men who continue sleeping with children. Ba tshwa — Haskins Nkaigwa

"The Roman Catholic Church which owns a big chunk of land are open to some arrangements and give Government some land. Government is not willing to sit down with them."

"This is very disappointing. I have tried to engage the President, the Attorney General and ministry officials to no avail. Clearly they don’t want the council to succeed under my tenure. I am now denied access to the Office of the President."

"Whenever there is a problem the people look at the mayor and the councillors. They hold the people that they elected accountable. They want answers from us when in fact we are just ceremonial figures."

"I really don’t have input on the way the council is run. The resolutions made by council are just a waste of time because management is not bound to implement any of them."

"Our system creates mayors who are not empowered by structures of governance. We have mayors who are just ceremonial, who cannot act on the mandate of their communities."

"It is our believe as Gaborone City Council Councillors that due to the fact that the city is growing and we are challenged with shortages of land, there is need to properly and efficiently utilise the little land in our possession."