The poet with a silver tongue

Baareng reciting one of her poems
Baareng reciting one of her poems

From the rocky valleys of the Kgosing hills in Molepolole, a piercing voice ruptures the deafening silence.

Suddenly people look around, struck by the beautiful words hallowing from the distance.

The trepidation breaks into ululations of approval from a contingent of  women in the gathered crowd at the Bakwena main kgotla as the little figure gradually approaches.

Editor's Comment
BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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