Botswana Museums and Monuments @50 - A rejoinder to Sandy Grant (Part 2)
Friday, October 26, 2018
He reminded me of the songs they sing at weddings when they are drunk with jealousy: dikuku di monate, lenyalo le boima rona re a tsamaya le tla sala le di bona or perhaps most fitting “O thetha ka di suit kgomo di seyo mo sakeng”.
The Museums Day celebrations were two days of bliss. The Thursday panel discussion, partly sponsored by the Botswana Tourism Organisation and graced by the US Embassy Public Officer, Ineke Stoneham, comprised highly respected facilitators. Some like Drs Keletso Setlhabi and Boga Manatsha were from the history department of the University of Botswana challenging museums on relevance and transformation.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...