Of budget speech, opposition and leadership - Ntuane speaks [Part 1]
Friday, February 10, 2012
Before that my response to the 2010 state of the nation comprised 14,000 words and the Road to Denmark, being the 2011 response to the state of the nation came to 12,000 words.
The experience I have derived from all the presentations under reference is that the mass media on whom we depend for wider dissemination of these important documents select only a few issues for reportage.
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...