Sereetsi�s debut album, a journey
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Sereetsi
Chances are that, ultimately, you imagine him with a beautiful wife and children. But out of the blue your son comes home one day and calls you, his parents, aside and ushers the words you have waited for, “Mum and dad I want to get married”. The two of you are over the moon but that happiness suddenly turns into a mixture of shock and anger as your beloved son tells you, “I want to marry Robert”.
Well, emerging folklore jazz artist Tomeletso Sereetsi of Sereetsi and The Natives fame, captures this scenario in song.
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...