The recent conviction of racist Allen Bekker who not only threw a bottle at local artist Keotshepile Motseonageng (Berry Heart) and threatened to kill her but uttered derogatory racist remarks against her has been seen as victory against abuse on the basis of colour. Bekker was sentenced to two years in prison wholly suspended for three years for threatening to kill her. Their altercation caught public eye because the outspoken artist publicised it on social media. So shocking was the fact that Bekker, according to Berry Heart, did not only threaten to kill her, but also uttered derogatory racist remarks which were not only meant to demean her but to portray her race as somehow lesser than his (Bekker is white). Berry Heart also states that Bekker had on the said night last year launched a racist attack on her and a friend calling them prostitutes after throwing a beer bottle at their direction. The Kasane magistrate Molema Molema, who presided over the matter, is quoted as saying that the offence was motivated by racial hatred and such had no place in Botswana. “It will be a sad day for democracy if such statements are tolerated, therefore copy-cats and would-be…