An encounter with fate
Friday, January 28, 2011
FRANCISTOWN: It was on a humid Tuesday mid-morning, after the torrential rains that hit Francistown recently when I paid a visit to Tebelopele Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre, where everyone seemed to sit with hunched shoulders as if it was cold.
The centre - a foreboding pink edifice to some, is located behind the northern headquarters of the Botsswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) near Game Shopping Centre.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...