Andrew Kola: The boy that Jesus forced to dance
Friday, March 24, 2017
Andrew Kola PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Most of his dance troupe members had graduated to high school and so he needed new members to carry the dance baton forward.
In that list was a young boy who liked to dance, but only out in the dusty streets of G-West after school. Although the boy liked traditional dance, he despised wearing matlalo- the troupe’s costumes. Matlalo (animal skins) were just uncool for him. But Jesus had chosen him and it was non-negotiable. There was no way out as he was ordered to report at the rehearsal after school. He had to learn to love matlalo.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...