Thugs Drive Ageing Farmers From Masimo
Monday, February 11, 2008
After all, that was their only means of survival. From the masimo they got food, not only for consumption, but also for paying school fees for their children with proceeds from crops they managed to sell.
They also bought clothes for the family. A family that did not plough would be looked at with scorn and called names like "ditshwakga" behind their backs. However, these days, it takes cajoling by government for people to go to the lands when the ploughing season starts.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...