E ntse ke leo

Motswana a re, ‘Fifing go gangwa e lelang.’ A raya gore fa motho a le mo bothateng o tshwanetse go ikuela, go ipolelela ba bangwe, ba mo thusa. 

O tlhokana le go thusiwa mme o sa kope ope go go thusa, o bo o ka kgona  jang? Go nne thata. E re gongwe le fa o ne o ka kgona, o kgone o imetswe. Mme a se ke a felele fela ka kgomo Motswana. A nne a fetele pele a loise Setswana a re, ‘Ngwana o sa leleng o swela tharing.’ Ka ga re bue ka go tshwana, bangwe ba re setlhare, e re go twe tharing, bale ba tseye gore go buiwa ka sethare, go khutshwafaditswe lefoko ‘setharing.’ Re re, nnyaa, ga go buiwe ka sethare, setlhare, go buiwa ka selo se sele fela. Fa o sa itse gore thari ke eng, botsa Thanodi mme e tlaa go raya e re, thari ke letlalo, kana, letsela le go belegwang ngwana ka lone. Fa go twe o swela tharing, go rewa a belegwe ka thari e seng a le mo setharing, setlharing. Ba re, go utlwa seane seo, Mokotedi, jaaka gale, a tseele puo go sele. E re ngwana a lela, a mo gakatse a re, ‘Lela thata nnana o se tloge wa swela tharing.’ Ngwana a tlhwaafale a lele a bo a rate go kgaoga  lolengwana. Ga twe o ne a ntse jalo Mokotedi. A ye le mafoko fela jaaka a utlwa a buiwa.

Jaanong a re mo fete. Fa re gatela pele re re, e rile re ntse re ya le dithota, ra kopana le polelo ke eo e kaya fa e ne ya re ka kgwedi ya Hirikgong monongwaga, mopalamente wa Mmadinare, Rre Molebatsi Molebatsi, a etela metse ya Diloro le Tamasane, mengwe ya  metse ya Tswapong mo kgaolong ya Legare.

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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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