Lekhubu Island becomes a �City� for Race For Rhinos
Friday, July 08, 2016
Flying over Lekhubu Island. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Lekhubu Island has never been like this before. Lekhubu (sometimes referred to as Kubu) is in the heart of a dead ancient lake that dried into the empty vast Makgadikgadi Pans – the size of Portugal, that keeps inspiring outrageous adventure.
Off-road enthusiasts know Lekhubu as the place that can only be accessed during the dry winter season since no one can dare attempt to drive on the Makgadikgadi wet silt in summer. That, they say, “would be outrightly stupid”.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...