Mother�s Day: Calling all angels
Friday, May 06, 2016
Motherly love: Mothers are the cornerstone of the family
The country’s history, scarcely recorded as it is in books, is largely that of men, their achievements, their failures and their contributions.
It is written and reported from the point of view of men, local and foreign. From the Three Chiefs, to the founding ‘fathers’, to the breadwinners who worked the mines in South Africa, men dominate the narrative.
It is a warning flare to every Motswana who logs onto social media. As a country, we have reached a point where the line between robust debate and outright destruction has become dangerously blurred. At face value, Mabeo’s response, which seeks an apology and threat of a defamation suit, might seem severe to some. But we cannot ignore the context. The comment in question did not offer a policy critique or question a political decision.It...