Peleng remembers Mandela

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LOBATSE: Two days after the global event that was the Nelson Mandela Memorial Service, the township of Peleng held its own service to remember the life of the anti-apartheid hero and former South African President whom it hosted several times in the early 1960s.

The two services could not have been more different. Ninety-one world leaders, including American President Barack Obama and President Ian Khama, attended the Johannesburg service held at FNB Stadium. 

In Lobatse yesterday afternoon, people thronged Peleng Community Hall for an altogether low-key event that both celebrated the life of the man who spent more nights in Peleng than in South Africa between 1961 and his arrest in 1962, and remembered the role played by Fish Keitseng and the township of Peleng.

Editor's Comment
Exercise extra caution!

Unfortunately, petty thieves tend to be more vicious around this time as they also prepare for the festive season. Culturally, many Batswana go home for the holiday, and petty thieves are amongst those who go home. Burglaries, car break-ins, and attacks on unsuspecting pedestrians seem to be on the rise!That is not all, as scammers continue to take money from pensioners as well as other Batswana who may fall prey to their unscrupulous tactics....

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