KRDA - developing what?
Friday, April 13, 2007
As a sometime resident of Molepolole, I derive no pleasure whatsoever in contemplating these so-called developments - which seem in fact quite the opposite, and retrogressive. For one thing, jam-packed with a profusion (confusion?) of shops and trading points as it already is, the Kweneng capital needs another shopping complex like it needs another claimant to the paramount chieftainship. For another, the old Mafenya-Tlala Hotel (Gateway to the Kalahari) had some real style and character and should really have long ago been rebuilt and improved.
A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...