State media blacks-out Barata-Phathi, covers A-team
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
By yesterday, the two Radio Botswana stations; Botswana Television (Btv) and the Daily News have not reported on the historic meeting the faction held on Saturday and its aftermath.
However last night in the 9pm news BTV read the statement released by the BDP central committee in the aftermath of the weekend gathering by Barata Phathi.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...