Celebrating self government- Btv unable to rise to the occasion
Thursday, March 05, 2015
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.
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...