GBV remains grave concern
Friday, December 08, 2017
* Kedibonye Molebatsi, a mother of two met her husband when they were still in high school. The two were inseparable. Theirs was a love admired by many, who described it as the kind pf love only seen on film. Life was perfect. The couple gave their daughter and son everything that they needed.
Kedi, as her husband Oageng Molebatsi used to call her, was a very beautiful woman. The two had a perfect home up until Molebatsi got a job and later a promotion. He started associating with wrong friends. He even started drinking too much alcohol, coming home late and at times he would not sleep at home. Whenever Kedi asked him of his whereabouts, Oageng who was lost in his own little world, would get angry and beat her. The anger and the beatings would continue for days. After a while the anger and beatings would extend into months where the violence gradually escalated.
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...