Sereetsi�s confessions and the renaissance of the four-string guitar
Friday, October 30, 2015
Tomeletso Sereetsi PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
One evening, many years ago, a young boy saw an inebriated old man playing his guitar while passing by their house and followed him. The boy enjoyed the music coming from this dirty guitar old man and marched on with him.
The astonished young fella was so lost in the music and the cheeky performance of this travelling guitar old man that he obliviously passed his mother’s curfew – an offence that was usually punished by a beating.
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...