A conversation with McCall Smith
Friday, October 18, 2019
Bame Moremong from BITC with McCall Smith. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
“Do you know Mma Ramotswe?” Bogolo Kenewendo, Minister of Investment Trade and Industry, recalls that that was the first question she got from her host family when she moved to the US in 2008.
Many Batswana who have travelled abroad, especially in the western world have dealt with this Mma Ramotswe question.
The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his...