On the road with Uncle John and Ausi Sonti to bury Ray Phiri( Pt1)
Friday, July 28, 2017
Ray Phiri performing in Gaborone in 2015 at the Hamptons Jazz Festival PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
12 July
Ray Phiri is dead. A flurry of activity follows this Wednesday morning as radio and television stations swing into action with tributes flooding in after what is a completely unforeseen demise.
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...