Armed Bechuanas in 1893
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
On the other hand, it doesn’t properly reflect the involvement of many Batswana in the South African War of 1899-1902 or in the first world war in South West Africa. Archival photos are invariably tantalising.
They tend to come with either minimal information, with information which has no immediate value or with no information at all. What is then left is the need to try and tease out information from the photo; in other words to try and get it speak to you.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....