Mma Ramotswe set changes the face of Kgale View
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The additional structure at Kgale view happens to be a movie set for the on going production of the No.1 Lady's Detective Agency. The kgale view set is a reconstruction of the old African mall in Gaborone.
Before new structures took over, the African mall used to be the face of Gaborone; the centre for merchandise and that picture is being recreated in this scene. You see here and there a tailor busy sewing clothes, a cobbler mending shoes, a small 'semausu', or tuck shop, selling oranges. Street vendors are fairly well represented, with selling the wares, including oranges from an old Toyota Hilux van.
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...