Lobatse streets name project concluded
Thursday, April 06, 2017
Peleng in Lobatse PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
This is after the council’s departments of mechanical engineering and physical planning yesterday concluded the three-day kgotla meetings, which was to engage residents in the process of street naming.
Names mostly reflecting Lobatse’s history were suggested and they are yet to go through a vetting process before being confirmed by the ministries of Local Government and Rural Development and Lands and Housing.
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...