DPP office should stop trying so hard to please politicians
Friday, November 22, 2019
Knowing the shenanigans of UDC “cooler box boys”, I knew they were capable of such a stunt. For those who have signed non-aggression pacts with your computers, the first lady’s picture was put side by side, on social media, with that of an “ugly” lady and captioned, “go masisinyana”.
Now, the First Lady is not ugly at all. I don’t think the President made a bad decision if what he was looking for was a pretty lady. As such, the comparison was of no moment to me. After all, there are beautiful women I wouldn’t touch with a long pole. But because she isn’t ugly, she didn’t really have to be bothered. So I wondered who, precisely, was bothered on her behalf. As a defence lawyer, I would have insisted on Mrs Masisi being called to the witness stand and would have had loads of fun.
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...