It is easy to welcome this motion and sing the praises of Mmolotsi, who is on the way to building unassailable credentials as a progressive MP. However, on closer examination, we might find that the alacrity and dexterity with which we ululate betrays something less than honourable about us as a nation.
The issue impacts directly on our mores and pathos as a society that presumably has its strong basis on the extended family.While there have been symptoms of wobbling in the structure for some time now, are we admitting decay at the very foundation of our society without saying so? And are we proceeding without confronting the matter because we are frightened by our ugly re-incarnation? Of course, as a nation that has grown frightfully averse to tackling issues by means of analysis and study, we avoid the unpalatable reality of tribalism and regionalism as means to prosperity by denying each our very identity that was a matter of pride only the other day.
