I find peace in Sign Language
Friday, September 25, 2020
Calistus Kolantsho boarding a plane
Whenever I watched news on television, my focus would be on that interpreter in the corner of the screen.
I always wondered myself how they do it. So last year, I was thrown into the deep end when the executive director of Botswana Association of the Deaf (BODA), Shirley Keoagile invited me to cover the inaugural Africa Deaf Athletics Championship at the Kasirani Stadium in Kenya.
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...