My vote;my sister,my leader
Friday, February 07, 2014
Bitter sweet! The two words that best describe this week for gender and politics. Bitter because here in our corner of Botswana, we are bidding farewell to the icon of gender, politics and media, Clara Olsen.
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...