Our Heritage
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Were we serious about such matters, a Boipuso museum would long ago have been established in Gaborone which have explained for everyone, local, expats and tourists precisely how this country, set by step, attained its Independence in 1966.
Seemingly the idea has no appeal - which is about as baffling as it can get. But now that the Motswaledi affair, not least, has prompted so many doubts and criticisms about the current Constitution, with fairly wild ideas having been recently expressed about British deviousness in its formulation, and with reiterated calls for a total review, it may be the time to go back to the base documents to note, not least, who represented this country and thus supposedly made such a mess of things.
‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...