Lentswe La Batswapong Responds To Maele
Monday, January 28, 2019

Maele
Under normal circumstances we would not respond to such utterances but after considering that the remarks were made at a public sacred place –kgotla, we feel obliged to respond lest the MP’s utterances are misconstrued to be indicative of the views of Batswapong in general.
While we recognise that under a democracy such as ours, the MP is entitled to his opinion, we however find the utterances reprehensible. After collating opinions of Batswapong and seeking wisdom from many quarters we therefore conclude that:
The walk serves to raise awareness of the prevalence and impact of using treatment to manage seizure attacks.While many are aware that epilepsy is a medical condition that requires specialised care by health practitioners, there are those who, unfortunately, have other ideas about the condition and often deny their children medical care.These individuals usually associate the medical condition with witchcraft and demonic attacks, and choose to...