Setswana se se lolameng

A new Setswana column on the use of the language in Botswana. It will run every Wednesday.

Rona ba re gorogileng mo lefatsheng malatsinyana a le a maloba, re fitlhetse Setswana e le puo e e monate, e beng ba yone ba neng ba e tlotla ba bile ba ipelafatsa ka yone.

E ne e re fa Motswana a bua, a ele tlhoko gore o dirisa mafoko a fe, o a lomaganya jang, le gore o bopa puo ya gagwe jang gore e utlwale sentle mo go yo o reeditseng. Motho o ne a sa dirise lefoko lengwe le lengwe le le mo tlelang mo tlhaloganyong mme e re fela ka ke lefoko la Setswana a ba a re o buile Setswana. Nnyaa, Motswana wa maloba o ne a tlhopha mafoko, a bope puo e lotane, mme e re fa a tla go bua, wena yo o reeditseng o je monate o bo o eletse e kete o ka bua jaaka o utlwa go buiwa.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

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...

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