At the beer garden
Monday, November 22, 2010
Two groups of men sit on concrete benches under a shelter, their optical and social focus an open Chibuku carton.
Another group sits under a tree near the entrance. A young man with a white newsboy cap (stapora cap in Tswanglish) sitting askew on his head pimp-strolls into the compound. He makes his purchase and goes to sit under the shelter alone. He then sets about opening the carton.
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...