Banna, bojalwa and the club culture
Friday, July 18, 2008
While some parents like taking their children to exclusive children's entertainment arenas, others are taking them to social joints that cater for both adults and children. Here, the children play on the swings and bouncing castles while, not far away, the parents enjoy their drinks (Kgalagadi Breweries' waters).
As darkness sets in, the children are taken home. Or are they? It has become common - even worrying - to find that, as dusk descends and even winter starts to gather, the children gradually walk away from the swings and bouncing castles to join their parents at the drinking area, as they wait for them to finish their drinks, before going home.
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...