What happened to my father's Domkrag? A call to arms for BDP progressives and Motswaledi supporters
Friday, August 21, 2009
Not far behind will be the 2009 decimation of the A-Team. Like the year of Kgola Disana, Domkrag went to Kanye as two political parties in one, for all intends and purposes. The objectives of the two factions were clear to anyone who cared to listen: Annihilate the other.
The devastation of the now B-Team by Barata-Phathi was swift and resounding. When the election results from Kanye were announced, I must have shed a tear. Perhaps two.
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...