Inaugural Thobo Festival gets lukewarm reception
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tshipi Tsa Poo at Thobo Festival
Translated into English, Thobo means harvest. Despite starting way behind schedule and attracting a relatively small crowd, the event was well organised.
Not withstanding the fact that it was a year of low harvest as a result of low rainfall, the organisers still managed to get a variety of produce.
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...