What kind of man are you?
Friday, April 13, 2007
First, it is based on the true story of Patrick Chamusso, a Mozambican who had settled and made a new life for himself in South Africa, working his way up to a foreman at Secunda, where petrol was made from coal (an expensive facility necessitated by United Nations (UN) economic sanctions).
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...