BATSWANA: WE MISSED THE BTV VACANCIES ADVERT

Several Batswana are this week taking to social media to ask when and where the vacancies for new posts at Botswana Television were advertised. They say they were shocked to see some old faces back at the television station whom they actually knew to have moved on to greener pastures in the past and wonder how the same folks were re-hired again. One social media user who says she had learnt of the looming launch of extra channels at Btv, says weeks leading to the event she had been making sure to get every copy of government’s publication, Daily News,

to position herself in case the vacancies were announced. Magatwe a re

the station leaders saw no need to advertise when they had their own old buddies out in the streets and were in need of employment. Others say the station embarked on a head-hunting mission for the talent they felt would fit their new line of thinking. Gatwe go ne go batliwa di

veteran broadcasting so that they help guide their more techno-savvy juniors who are more into Tik-Tok than reading and mastering current affairs. After all the new Btv News channel, they argue, is benchmarking from the likes of BBC News, Sky News and Fox News among others, whose programmes are dominated by the tried and tested golden oldies. So to those who await those vacancy announcements, le tlaa ba strong!