The forerunners of the Matsha tragedy
Friday, November 20, 2015
Public school learners are frequently transported in trucks
Eleven years ago, two siblings and their cousin at Kedia Primary School perished in a truck accident just a kilometre away from Kedia village in the Boteti area. All told, the death toll came to five.
The truck, which was used for Namola Leuba (drought Relief) projects, also carried shovels, axes, grass slashers and an assortment of other construction tools.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...