Botswana Colour Run pulls in masses
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The event started with a five-kilometre walk, which was as a race with no takers. In other words, everyone was a winner as long as they got to the finish line.
The participants began the race dressed in pristine white T-shirts they were provided with, but arrived at the Gaborone Club finish line covered in all sorts of colours.
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...