The Oodi road project denigrates us
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The ground has been broken and the execution is on. To a passerby it's yet another beautiful million Pula project which would see one or three Ds of the President of Botswana effected; Development, Delivery, and Discipline.
This does not translate the same way for the people that are affected, those who live in Matebele, Oodi, Modipane and other villages in the periphery. Most of them have come to experience dishonesty, disrespect and distrust (Ds on the other side), health hazards, financial costs etc.
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...