UDC in spectacular show
Monday, October 06, 2014
It carried the image of a well planned and expensively organised event. On the backdrop of the visa saga of the UDC president Duma Boko’s Hollywood celebrity friends, Rick Yune and his friend being denied entry into Botswana at the 11th hour, the launch seemed to have gained a lot of sympathy from the misfortune.
The UDC had engaged RMC Company, an events management company to put together a memorable show and they did. The Monitor has learnt that the UDC spent more than P500,000 for the grand launch.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...