Keitseng worth remembering in Mandela's Gun
Friday, May 23, 2014
Although the story focuses mainly on the iconic anti-apartheid hero, there could be no way such a story could be told without mentioning the brave Motswana, who sacrificed his own life for the struggle. This courageous man offered Mandela and other guerilla fighters shelter en route to countries like Zambia and Tanzania.
This was Fish Keitseng whose house marked C42 in the impoverished location of Peleng hosted the greatest statesman of modern times.
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...