Doors

The entrance to Kgosi Bathoen's old office in the kgotla Kanye
The entrance to Kgosi Bathoen's old office in the kgotla Kanye

Doors, as is obvious to most of us, are one of the utilitarian elements of a building which attract minimal attention and comment.

This is unfortunate and partly the result of standardisation. We buy the same product and mostly think no more about it. A door is merely a part of an opening through a wall so what can possibly be said about it? Internally, it merely closes off one room from another. Quite so. But even today it is worth noting how doors differ.

The big buildings of big companies and big churches require appropriately large doors. This tends to be a matter of scale. Smaller buildings need smaller doors. But also note that even the utilitarian door is now available to the better off with better wood and considerable ornamentation. 

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The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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