Etcetera II
Monday, November 17, 2008
Fast catching up are the celebrations of local anniversaries, which are coming at us from both left and right.
Not so long ago there were the anniversaries of the Police and of Molefi Secondary School and recently we have had the 80th anniversary of St. Joseph's College, Kgale - which really does need comment at a later date - then there has been the National Museum's 40th. Planned for the nearish future are the anniversaries of Shashe School and Moeng College - with doubtless dozens of imminent others about which I know nothing, amongst them presumably the BDF.
For a fact, in a democratic society such as Botswana, the media plays a crucial role of being watchdog, holding the powerful to account and exposing all possible wrongdoing for the benefit of the public.There has been a nagging question about who watches the watchdog after all? Perhaps, the investigations into alleged wrongful acts implicating those supposed to be playing the watchdog role will shed more light into what has happened such that the...