Shashe

Broadcasting news in national languages other than English and Setswana is a good thing. The government deserves to be praised for that. However, the implementation of the measure leaves listeners somewhat confused, When a report written by correspondent X is presented on BTV, it has to be translated by correspondent Y into whatever the current newscast language is. The identities of both correspondents X and Y are revealed. So far, so good.  The problem comes at the end of the translation. The translator signs off as if the report was WRITTEN by him/her, and not merely so translated. This is wrong. Unless the listener followed the report all the way from start of introduction, the listener is left with the false impression that the report was written/crafted by the translator Y and not by its true author X. The correct approach  should swap the introductions around. The news reader should present ONLY the name of the WRITER of the report. At the end of the translation, the tr...

 I just watched (on TV) an operation by South African Police Service (SAPS) to arrest illegal miners in Gauteng Province. According to General Fred Kekana of the SAPS, one hundred and seven (107) of the captured illegal miners are Lesotho nationals, while a lesser number are from other SADC countries. Presumably, all the foreigners will be deported back to their countries, once the legal processes have been finalised. In the case of Lesotho nationals what this suggests is that they will no longer be welcome in South Africa. But their country is TOTALLY surrounded by South Africa, meaning that it is practically impossible for the latter to make her borders impenetrable to the soon to be deported illegal miners! So my question to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is: Why has no SADC meeting resolved to conduct referendums in ALL SADC countries to determine what percentage of their nationals WANT their countries to UNITE, and with which, if any, of their neighbours?...

They recently buried the scoundrel. Flags fluttered at half-mast. From eyes half-glazed by booze tears trickled down chubby cheeks puffed up by our stolen wealth. This, I imagine, is what took place, because I was not there. I did not attend, nor did I watch on TV. The scene was “too ghastly to contemplate”. Festus Mogae had accolades posthumously heaped on him. What I found particularly distressing was the credit he was given for battling the HIV pandemic in our country; all because he had gone to the International community with a begging bowl on our behalf and declared that AIDS was threatening to wipe us out. The International community generously responded and offered help. What Festus Mogae did not tell the International community was his role in the way the disease spread around the country. It was at a time when Government was the main employer of the common man in our country. Mogae was Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) and Head of the Civil Service. Married civil ser...

Like I have said many times before, I am not a lawyer. However, I have been reliably informed by those competent at law that A CONTRACT CAN BE CRAFTED TO BIND TOGETHER TWO PEOPLE OF ANY GENDER, TO CO-OWN EVERYTHING THAT EITHER ACQUIRES OWNERSHIP OF, GOING FORWARD! Our laws do not prohibit a person adopting a child of the same gender as themselves, but they do prohibit a person adopting a child of the opposite sex. So I wonder if the so-called “same-sex marriage” is simply a backdoor attempt by paedophiles to get their hands on innocent children. There is a massive campaign being waged to change our culture and our religious norms by people who have actively participated in Africa’s enslavement in the past. The “argument” presented by those people FOR legalisation of same-sex marriage is something they call marriage equality. But men and women are not, and have never been equal. Rather, men and women are complimentary. Their role in perpetuation of the species “Homo Sapiens” is complime...

 Lest we forget...

In the wake of the terrible tragedy of twelve (12) scholars getting killed in a road accident in South Africa, I watched the eNCA television channel yesterday where Mr. Barnes passionately laid out his “take” on what needs to be done.  In my view he is 100 % right. Purpose built bold yellow/orange vehicles, the very kind they use in the United States, need to be acquired to serve as scholar transport. You see, the main reason why scholars wear school uniform is because children’s safety is everybody’s responsibility. Your child is my child, and vice versa. If children’s transport boldly stands out in traffic, drivers of such transport won’t dare drive as recklessly as they do now, because we will all be watching, and we’ll not hesitate to do a citizen’s arrest on a reckless scholar transport driver. The children being transported are completely at the mercy of the criminally irresponsible drivers.  So, I hope the eNCA commentary by Andrew Barnes leads to scholar transport ALL ...