Can one boycott one�s country�s independence?

Imagine if you will, for a moment what it might be like to always have someone else telling you what to do, where and how to live, and horror of horrors, what to wear?

How would that make you feel? Somewhat childish and a bit rebellious, I presume. You may even find yourself doing absurd things to make your point well known that you were not going to be ruled by someone else; after all, it is a free country! Well, before Independence this country wasn’t a free country, and Batswana of that era felt angry towards Great Britain for always imposing taxes on them and basically telling them how they should live, they even felt that some aspects about our culture and tradition were barbaric! A couple of years, later we attained our independence with no bloodshed.

This is not hearsay; it is well documented. Like everyone born after independence, I first learnt about this at school; primary school to be exact.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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