Import of the state of the nation address!
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
SONA has become a ritual that seems to have lost its import of appropriate national discourse about the nation’s socio-politico-economic condition.
It’s become a ritual like church sermon delivered by any pastor to a congregation whose sacred duty is to listen and swallow the biblical message without comment, except hallelujah amen. Little consolation being that congregants might live a holy life and enter heaven when they die!
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...