Motswaledi deserves national honour
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
His death, which is still the subject of investigations, has needless to say, created much fodder for the media – both conventional and social. Perhaps it is the flurry of reports, insinuations and all the talk about what really might have killed him, if not the car accident, that has diverted our focus from what we should all be doing – honouring the memory of this son of the soil.
While the focus is on the ‘killers’, all is forgotten on the real issue - honouring Gomolemo Motswaledi. It should not matter what political party or social club you identify with. Motswaledi was not an ordinary man. He was someone who touched this nation in more ways than one.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...