Focus on winners, losers, coalition of the wounded!
Friday, November 08, 2019
The victors dust themselves in anticipation of civic reward. The vanquished look miserably ahead to the lingering tragedy of defeat.
The obvious and biggest winner is President Mokgweetsi Masisi. Although matching the worst ever performance of 2014 with 37 MPs, the BDP retained the reins of the highest office. The 38 MPs settled the dust of the likelihood of the BDP being held at ransom by way of a threat to defect.
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...