Seretse to officially open the revamped Thapong
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Bakwena
The arts centre has been a hive of artistic activity for many years now. Apart from a host of resident artists who work from the centre, other local and international artists have frequented the centre for exhibitions and workshops.
Despite being the country’s art school of excellence, Thapong’s image has not been impressive until recently.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...