Flick a peek into the plight of orphans
Thursday, October 29, 2009
This is the pivot upon which the story of a poor orphan, Maikutlo, who in search for a home to rest is suddenly attacked by hooligans, revolves. The assailants take away her bags - her only two possessions. They try to rape her as they forcibly manhandle her.
But as fate would have it, a knight in armour comes in the form of Pinkie's husband, who after shaking off the hooligans in a momentary fistfight, manages to free the orphan. He takes her to his home, where his wife the temperamental Pinki is.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...