BRITISH AUTHOR SHARES BECHUANALAND COLONIAL MEMORIES

The National Museum Little Theatre will host British author and former colonial resident of Gaborone, Carolyn Slaughter on February 20. Slaugher will give a public talk entitled "Personal Memories and Sociological Perspectives on the last years of the Bechuanaland Protectorate".

 

The arrival, this week, of the famed English writer adds to the growing monumental attention that the historical Bonnington Farm continues to receive.  It has been a belated but welcome upsurge coming decades after its neighbouring Broadhurst Farm established its name as a Gaborone residential suburb and industrial area. Not only has the electoral commission just named a constituency after Bonnington, but for a while now a junior school, a shopping mall and a national monument have been toiling to affirm the significance of this name.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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