Listen to the red cries of a red man

Why am I so disadvantaged? What have I done to deserve this? Is it my destiny? Why am I not understood when I speak out? No! Nobody will ever hear me out for I'm only a Red person.

So many names or titles, I have been given; Bushmen, San, Basarwa, and Remote Area Dwellers. Who am I? I don't even know myself. Why do I ask this for I'm only a Red person?

I'm laughed at with words connoting negative aspects and I'm discriminated against. What am I? I don't even know my kind. I'm understood to be indigenous, yes! Indeed, I'm indigenous for I have originated in this country before any other and from time immemorial but I'm always the last. My life is the last. Is there a quest for life? Tell me the price so that I can buy. Oh! How I'm dying to know. Or am I helpless for I'm only a Red person?
Why was there a Red person? Who made me to be such? But I neither want to be a Black Person nor a White person. I just want to be equal. Why do I say this for I'm only a Red person?

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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