Art Can Drive Innovation � Mothobi
Monday, November 14, 2016
BTC Head of Business Lebudi Kgetse congratulating 3rd prize winner of P10 000
He was the guest speaker at the 2016 annual Thapong btc Phone Book cover reveal night held at Thapong Art Centre on Thursday.
Mothobi told the gathering that in developed countries art is taken for the important economic activity that it is, adding that had it not been for the arts a lot of technological inventions that we enjoy today would not have been realised.
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...