Last week our sister publication - Mmegi - carried a story about the new line-up for news bulletins at state-owned Botswana Television (Btv). The new line-up only recognises Setswana as an indigenous language, which is totally unfair to other Batswana who may not speak the language.
Tswana language natives are tribalists. In Zimbabwe, Ndebele, Kalanga, Chewa/Nyanja and others are given airtime besides Shona which is spoken by almost 90% of the population. Gt Zimbabwe is the richer for allowing the nurturing of a rainbow of languages. Come on Botswana dont be racist!!!
Tswana language natives are tribalists. In Zimbabwe, Ndebele, Kalanga, Chewa/Nyanja and others are given airtime besides Shona which is spoken by almost 90% of the population. Gt Zimbabwe is the richer for allowing the nurturing of a rainbow of languages. Come on Botswana dont be racist!!!