Celebrating self government- Btv unable to rise to the occasion

I am still not sure if Btv produced a programme to commemorate the achievement of self-government in 1965 but if it did, I missed it.

What I did see was an interview with the amazing Mma Gaositwe Chiepe and then, on Sunday evening, the filming of the commemoration meeting in Lobatse at which she again spoke, fluently and with total recall.

With no disrespect to the other speakers, eight in all as far as I can remember, some were more suited to the occasion than others.

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Khama, Serogola should find each other

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