The real reason for the protectorate

For those who are not well informed about the Bechuanaland Protectorate, history books have a lot to teach, but it takes an analytic mind to question the records.

A close analysis of the past will show that the establishment of the protectorate was only adopted to protect the British trade interests.

As history has taught many of us, the Whites’ main interest was the route to the north, which facilitated a lucrative trade with the northern states.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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