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“Value-laden system, anchored on Botho, will close out corruption”

Sharing pathways: Mohwasa PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Sharing pathways: Mohwasa PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

“Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time and only fully encounter their horizons in the mind's eye.” This is according to the judicious critique of a scholar called Homi K. Bhabha. On the historic 30th of October 2024, the nation of Botswana strongly rejected to fully encounter their horizons only in the mind’s eye.

They vehemently insisted, through the ballot, to realise a better and prosperous Botswana also pragmatically. Ages and ages hence, history will reflect with a great sense of profundity as it places a permanent marker on the 2024 election year.

Tautona Advocate Gideon Duma Boko in his State of the Nation Address responded to the call of Batswana unequivocally. He set out clear and reasonable paths to the development that our country needs.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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