Family remembers Gaetsewe-Part II
Friday, August 29, 2025 | 150 Views |
John Taolo Gaetsewe
The best human appreciation and prowess relating to this natural power must have always been the said unique African macro-science, which seems to have been best preserved by Africa’s remote-area dwellers such as those of the Kgalagadi Desert.
With the USA Vision project’s resolutions herein relying virtually entirely on this macro-science, and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) projects using the Kgalagadi appropriately to glean a greater understanding of the ‘Big Bang’ and the Universe generally, SA’s children, elderly and citizens generally should properly and realistically share with SALT/SKA astrophysicists and astronomers exactly the same appreciation of the natural evolution which led to the very problems for which the said SAND is now being convened. Accordingly, South Africans should further ensure that the SALT/SKA projects and human enlightenment generally are always used in the best interests of especially themselves, Africans and Africa. Remote-area dwellers, which have generally hardly been represented in the running of society’s affairs, would need to be the next in line to receive special attention.
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...