A joyless affair in Lekgolobotlo

Monday, October 04, 2010

RANAKA: It is yet another joyless year as Batswana observe the formalities of celebrating Botswana's 44th Independence Day with emptiness, suffering and gloom in the lives of the majority of rural communities, where many depend on government handouts.

The need to again waste public resources in celebrating Independence Day was too much for them, hence they decided to stay indoors rather than go to the Kgotla to make merry for a day when their lives are empty.

On Independence Day 2010, most communities in Kanye North stayed away from the Kgotla. “It doesn’t mean it is unimportant to remember this ‘great day’,” an elderly woman told The Monitor in Lekgolobotlo.

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