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.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...