The painting of granaries and a historically voiceless Gaborone
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
One of the painted granaries in Kanye PIC: BRIAN ARDERN
To my knowledge, Molepolole has six, Francistown two, Serowe eight, Mahalapye perhaps 12, Kanye 12, Mochudi two, the old Tlokweng kgotla one, Ramotswa three, Shoshong one, and Bobonong maybe two.
I would very much welcome information about others that may be dotted around the country. But now all of a sudden there is lift off. Mochudi has painted its granaries, as has Kanye.
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...