Digging tswana

Tale of the Scorpion
Many people wonder how I am able dig so deep not only for our Tswana and Bantu roots, but the roots of all humanity as well. Flummoxed, they wonder how I am also able to correct widely-held misconceptions about certain biblical or historical events, tales so ancient that they are now shrouded in legend and myth.

Finally, and most astonishingly, is how I am able to unearth the very building blocks of language and show that Bantu languages (and Sotho-Tswana no less) share much the same etymologies with so-called Indo-European languages.

The roots of all this go so deep that they evoke a mysterious time when, worldwide legend consistently swears, flesh-and-blood 'gods' walked the Earth. Some called them 'angels', others 'demons', but the plethora of tales about them, when properly interpreted, has, like the tail of the scorpion, emerged unexpectedly from the rear to sting us into new awareness, rousing us from our ancient slumber.

Editor's Comment
Time to end informal sector fronting

The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...

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