Batswana Must Gain From McCall's Movie
Monday, August 06, 2007
I suppose the elections will have to be postponed again next year when the executive will be organising the next BOMU awards, this time not for the 2007 reasons given, but this time on account of precedence.
Ke gore 'we postponed the elections last year, so why don't we postpone them again this year, and then next year and the after, and then the year after that...iyoo. Hae?
The other day I ran to the Gaborone West offices of this McCall Smith movie, not because I really give a damn about American movies, but because the bioscope would have given me an opportunity to speak to the legendary John Kani.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....