Mhlanga drums up support for drummers' project
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Mhlanga initiated the project as a way of keeping the youth away from the streets. He believes that they could acquire skills that they could earn them a living. He describes Drummers Anonymous as a community project. Mhlanga has also appointed a board of governors. Gaborone West South Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Molefhabangwe is the patron of the centre.
The project is self-sponsored as Mhlanga has been digging from his own pockets to get the programme going. Mhlanga is keen to sponsor the project because he feels it is for a worthy cause.
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...