F/town East: the waterlogged constituency
Friday, August 14, 2009
FRANCISTOWN: The fight for Francistown East will be over crime as people of this constituency have had enough of thieves who employ guerrilla tactics.
"We are supposed to rest when we arrive home in the evening from our hectic jobs," says one in Area L. "But how can we when we have to be listening out for any disturbance outside. When night time comes, the thieves literally take over."
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...