A woman of epicurean delights
Friday, January 25, 2008
Talking to this proud owner of FRESSH restaurant located at one of Gaborone's up-market shopping malls takes her back to the days when owning a restaurant is just a dream. Seeing her among her employees at the restaurant, one would not believe she was the owner of the business that promises to be a household name in Gaborone; she remains humble, despite the high esteem in which she is held.
"I never pose for a picture," she says when the photographer asks to take a picture of her. "My eyes are so big that they are all you will photograph," she adds, laughing good-naturedly. Her eyes are not all that big though; they radiate love for her customers and her loyal employees. "I am part of the team here," she says.
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...