MEDIA RELEASES

SUBJECT : VISION 2016 COUNCIL CONDUCTS AN AWARENESS SURVEY

Vision 2016 Awareness Survey- Nov 2005 -Feb 2006

Date:10 Nov 2005

SUBJECT: STATEMENT TO MEDIA ON AWARENESS MONTH PREPARATIONS

Update on the Preparations for the Vision 2016 Awareness Month and Productivity Week 2005

Date: 30 August 2005

SUBJECT:CONCEPT PAPER

Concept paper for the Vision 2016 Awareness Month - September 2005

Date: I July 2005

SUBJECT: ESCALATION OF CRIME IN THE COUNTRY - 2005
Date: 14th February 2005

The Vision 2016 Council wishes to register its concern about the recent wave of incidents of crime. Police and media reports and eye witnesses on such incidents have become a daily phenomenon. Armed robberies, burglaries, house breaking and theft, car hi-jacking, violent attacks, and murder, including so called passion killings (particularly amongst the youth), have a turned our country into a haven of criminal activities in the mode of the Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Businesses, families and individuals are being robbed of their hard earned assets and lives willy-nilly.

SUBJECT: GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2004
Date: 28th October 2004

The Vision 2016 Council calls upon all Batswana who have registered to vote in the forthcoming general elections on Saturday, to exercise their constitutional right and go to the polling stations around the country to vote in large numbers, for representatives of their choice at both Council and Parliamentary levels.

WORD OF APPRECIATION TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO VISION 2016 TORCH MISSION
Date: 14th October 2004

As part of the Vision 2016 Awareness month commemorations in September, the Vision 2016 Council floated a Vision 2016 Torch around the country in an effort to highlight and symbolise the importance of Vision 2016 as a light of hope for the nation, and the need for all stakeholders to play an active role towards its realisation.

STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION IN THE VISION 2016 AWARENESS MONTH SEPTEMBER 2004; A GREAT SUCCESS
Date: 13th October 2004

Compared to last year's commemorations, the participation of stakeholders this time around was much higher and the Council considers this to be an indication that individuals and organisations are now getting fully engaged in the process of internalizing and implementing Vision 2016.

VISION 2016 AWARDS DINNER DANCE
DATE: 22nd September 2004

The Vision 2016 Council will host the Vision 2016 Awards Dinner Dance on Friday 24th September 2004 at the Gaborone International Conference Centre, at the Grand Palm.

STATEMENT FROM THE VISION 2016 COUNCIL AT A MEDIA BRIEFING HELD AT BNPC ON 28TH JULY 2004

VISION 2016 COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN LAUNCH
DATE: 7th July 2004

The Vision 2016 Council will launch its Strategic Plan for 2004 - 2006 at the Boipuso Banquet Hall on the 8th July 2004 at 1830hrs. The Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, honourable Daniel Kwelagobe will officially launch the Strategic Plan.

NATIONAL VOTERS REGISTRATION
Date: 31st October 2003

The Vision 2016 Council calls upon all Batswana aged eighteen years and above to register to vote in the 2004 general elections, in large numbers, when the registration exercise starts on 1st - 30th November 2003.

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