Magowe In Love With Her Nursery Trees

Tshotlego Magowe showing off her plants
Tshotlego Magowe showing off her plants

Selebi-Phikwe is known as the best address for nursery plants in the country as a majority of homesteads have nurseries, but Tshotlego Magowe’s stands out in the former mining town, The Monitor Correspondent Onalenna Kelebeile charts to her

SELEBI-PHIKWE: “Nursery trees are a true companion, my husband and my son, faithful friend who would never have differences or grudges. They respond quickly to my emotions before any person could and they pick my moods even when I try to pretend that I am ok.

“In the morning when I wake up I forage and fondle my trees, caress their leaves and communicate with them. I consult them when I leave my home and report back when I return. This is when I also can pick if they also have something to complain about.”

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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