Mafoko ao, ga se reka

Nngwe ya ditiragalo tsa ngwaga le ngwaga mono Botswana, e bile e ratega thata, ke meletlo ya go ipelela boipuso jwa fatshe leno.

Meletlo e, e tshwarwa ka kgwedi ya Lwetse e le masome mararo le Phalane a tlhola letsatsi.

Mongwe a bo a ka botsa gore, e le eng go tlhophilwe malatsi a mabedi a go nna one a go ipelela boipuso jwa rona. Batswana ba re, letsatsi la Lwetse a le masome mararo, ngwaga e le ole wa 1966, ke lone le ka lone Mmamosadinyana a neng a thantsha ‘huto (lehuto) la thari a re, ‘(Botswana tataisa o lekele pele re bone gore o tlaa tlhaelela fa kae; ngwana wa mmelegelwa ruri ga tsamaye.’

Editor's Comment
GBV: The big elephant in the room

Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...

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