
Motlhabe my home (Poem)
Community Alerts/ Goitse Morake/ Rustenburg-Motlhabe/ 20 September 2016
MOTLHABE MY HOME
I was born here
I grew up loving and respecting your peace
Loratong ke go rolela hutshe
Ke itse fa ke babalesegile
What happened to you?
Is it because of platinum and chrome you changed?
You practice crime and violence daily
Polao le dipetelelo tse di masisi
Bagolo le bana go tshwana fela
Ke dilelo le khuranyo ya meno
Oh my home!!What went wrong ?
Greed sold our pride
Tears and sorrows is our daily bread
We can’t go with our heads held high
Simply because of useless diggers
And jobless we remain
Why we allowed you rot?
Sicknesses stealing our loved ones
High rate of crime took our harmony
Go diragetseng ?
Oh my priceless home
Greed sold you cheaply
I hiss each time I remember you
What happened to you?
He lost his legs
She is an orphan
Blasting made us homeless
Our livestock dies every day
MOTLHABE MY HOME
What happened to you?
Where is your peace
Oh mining you’ve killed us
Along with our respect
You berried us alive
You introduced TB and accidents to us
What happened to us?