Dramatis personae of Matsha tragedy
Friday, November 20, 2015
The burst tyre from the bus PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
S & CD office
The Social and Community Development (S&CD) office is responsible for the Remote Areas Dwellers Programme. The Kweneng District Council’s S&CD office is therefore responsible for assisting remote dwellers from Matsha College with transport to their respective settlements. It appears authorities remotely sent a truck with a driver and his assistant to Matsha College without due care.
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...