Botswana: Medicines Crisis Pushes Batswana to Herbal Remedies

Gaborone — When clinic shelves run bare and prescriptions cannot be filled, some Batswana are finding comfort not in pharmacies, but in leaves once boiled by grandmothers, roots crushed by elders, and remedies passed down quietly through generations.

Medicine shortages, now affecting hospitals across the country, have forced communities to confront a reality that is both frustrating and familiar. For some, it is not a crisis so much as a reminder.

“This problem is not new,” said Mr Mompati…