Of BMD, Pilane and the media
Thursday, December 07, 2017
Pilane first took pot shots at the media after the party’s violent Bobonong congress. On Tuesday morning, after his Matshekge Hills Senior Secondary School elected leadership was endorsed at the congress re-run in Lobatse, he returned to a radio interview to launch another attack on journalists.
Before then, in Lobatse, Pilane refused an interview with a reporter from The Voice after he “jokingly” threatened to bomb the paper.
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...