Masisi to open readers' conference
Friday, June 03, 2011
Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi, will officially open the conference, which is scheduled for July 11-14 in Gaborone.
The Pan African Reading for All is the most prestigious and largest literacy conference in Africa and, every two years, brings together teachers, publishers, writers and policy makers to share best practices and experiences in the education and literacy fields.
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...