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 is a warning flare to every Motswana who logs onto social media. As a country, we have reached a point where the line between robust debate and outright destruction has become dangerously blurred. At face value, Mabeo’s response, which seeks an apology and threat of a defamation suit, might seem severe to some. But we cannot ignore the context. The comment in question did not offer a policy critique or question a political decision.It...