Reminiscing with the legends
Friday, May 31, 2019
Steve Kekana PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Steve Kekana and Babsy Mlangeni are visually impaired and they recently ganged up with Kori Moraba, Johnny Mokhali, Soccer Moruakgomo and Amantle Brown to headline a show called Legends Live and the proceeds will go toward helping with donating mobility sticks to the blind and partially sighted.
It wasn’t just that but their show aimed to inspire artists living with disabilities and addressing their challenges in the music industry. The legends are able to go on stage and perform, an act that can only truly be God’s work. Given their age and disabilities, people turn to think that being visually impaired automatically means not being able to do certain things by themselves.
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...