Diaries of a single mother� part 1

Father’s day was a Sunday or two ago. This day is set aside to celebrate fathers. For three consecutive years now, I have observed how this day is often full of drama and controversy. Strangely, the same cannot be said about Mother’s Day.

On mother’s day, which also falls on a Sunday, only love and affection filled the air. Mothers beamed with pride, sons and daughters went out of their way just to make their mothers feel special. The ones, who due to life’s circumstances have lost their mothers, were not to be left behind. Moving and sweet tributes were made in their remembrance.

It so happens that every year on Father’s Day, a battle of some sort ensues between men and women. As is the norm, this year the tributes started rolling in especially through social media.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

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....

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