Sojwe parents dissatisfied with JSS
Monday, August 27, 2012
A drive around the village reveals nothing much other than disorderly goats, masunyana trees and a few deserted stores. Landmark buildings are the police station, Molepolole Co-op and Ko Dishopong. Of course, there is the councillor's yard where alcoholic beverages are on sale, allowing one to pass some time there.
Another landmark structure is the Matsheng Junior Secondary School that lies on the western side of the village.There, a mixture of Remote Area Dwellers (RADs) from Dutlwe, Diphuduhudu, Ngware, Leologane, Kokonye, Lephepe, Otse, Sojwe, Hatsalatladi and students from some settlements in the Kgatleng District stay in hostels. Their total number cannot be confirmed immediately. At the entrance of the school is a board written, "We are the School of Excellent Performance," and are words that some villagers in Lephepe and Sojwe dismiss with contempt. The murder incident involving two male students from Ngware is still fresh in their minds and they wonder what the future holds for their community.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...