NDABA GAOLATHE* Botswana is in a state of do or die, and despite the many international accolades, our economy is on a sick bed, almost a half of our people are ravaged by or about to sink into poverty, our young people have lost the fire to dream about what they could become. We are a nation divided between an elite that enjoys our national treasures, our minerals, our land and first world health, education and life facilities – and the rest of the households with a median income of less than P2200, that lives in overcrowded conditions, that endures poor health facilities and receives a poor education.