Tragic: Missing Boy Found Dead

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Last Thursday news broke that a little boy had been missing since Tuesday in Molepolole and that chaos had erupted with a neighbour’s property destroyed over suspicions that he took the child for ritual purposes. On Friday morning, Staff Writers Innocent Selatlhwa and Tsaone Basimanebotlhe went to the Bakwena capital, which has become notorious with the notion that children are killed for ritual purposes

Our first stop was at the police station at 10:30am. We asked to see the Station Commander, but were told he was out at the Dithubaruba Cultural event venue helping with preparations. We were told to wait for him, but we opted to visit the family home of the missing child at Lekgwapheng ward and the destroyed property.

At the family home, we found scores of villagers outside the compound. Some of them were negotiating with the police asking them to take them to where the child, Oarabile Lekgoanyana allegedly went missing when he went to fetch firewood with his father.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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