A Calendar for 2009 Selected by
Friday, December 05, 2008
It is the season for purchasing calendars for 2009 as gifts, and for your walls, even, if so arranged, as a reminder of key events and appointments. It has 28 pages, including the covers, and sells for P120 each. It is also available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk.
The premier calendar for many years in Botswana is that from the Kuru Art Project, which is now 18 years old. The project now has 19 members from two of the 16 Khoisan language groups in Botswana: Naro and Duci San.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...