The people’s deferred, shattered dreams
Friday, September 17, 2021 | 4280 Views |
President Masisi PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG.
Within three years of Masisi’s reign, people have nothing to show except the burden of carrying a lot of un-kept 2019 promises.
And more promises are still flowing. The latest made is the urgent creation of more millionaires to beef up the numbers of tenderpreneurs who allegedly benefited from lucrative and mouth-watering COVID-19 business. Curiously, now the recreation of millionaires as if it is the biggest challenge facing the country is a deficit/drought of millionaires has become a top priority.
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...