Botswana have been encouraged to preserve falities provided by government, and use them safely and responsibly. Speaking during the SmartBots Village Connectivity launch on yesterday Vice President, Mr Slumber Tsogwane who attended the launch virtually in Palapye pleaded with communities not to vandalise the free Wi-Fi network infrastructure. SmartBots Village Connectivity is a flagship project that aims to accelerate digital connectivity across the country. The project follows a phased approach and phase one of the infrastructure deployment started in September 2021 connecting 1 138 government facilities to high speed internet in 142 villages across the districts in the country. He said sustainable use of all the developments and services provided to the people should also be preserved because failure to do so would reverse progress achieved over the years. SmartBots, Mr Tsogwane said was one of the promises government made to Batswana during 2019 election campaign and its launch demonstrated that government honoured its promise. He said Internet connection had proven to be useful in health, education among others. Furthermore, the Vice President said that the service had brought resources closer to Batswana and appreciated that the youth highly commended government for its availability. In an interview, Kgosi Martha Lebang of Palapye thanked the government for SmartBots initiative saying they were already benefitting from the free Wi-Fi connectivity at their respective dikgotla. Prior to the availability of SmartBots, Kgosi Lebang said services delivery was not easy adding that they no longer relied on other offices for information as that was now available at a press of a button. A youth in Palapye, Ms Mogomotsi Kanyama said through SmartBots, government had given Batswana especially the youth an opportunity to explore.