Bakgatla women go on bojale tomorrow
Friday, May 29, 2009
The traditional Tswana initiation school ended 20 years ago in Kgatleng.
The women initiates - or maswaile, as they are called in Setswana - will be headed by the wife of Kgosi Kgafela II, Mohumagadi Mma Matshego, and the wife of Kgosi Sekai Pilane, Mma Disang.
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...