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Broke Community Returns

Returning to the work station after the festive season is one of the biggest challenges known to mankind. It is more difficult than asking Benjamin Netanyahu to stop bothering the Palestinians with gun emissions.

It is more difficult than asking the deputy speaker of the National Assembly Honourable Pono Moatlhodi to stop saying ‘Honourable resume your seat’.

It is more difficult than explaining to a cat that the world is round. Around this time, most of us are broke even though the levels are different. There’s the First Grade broke where the person does not have enough fuel to get back to their station. But this cohort has paid the landlord and their house is stocked to the rafter with food from the Motshelo Club because their treasurer was honest and did not live in a rat-infested house.

Editor's Comment
Let's show compassion to baby Asli

Her story is heartbreaking not only because she is fighting for her life at such a tender age, but because her parents have spent months navigating a medical journey filled with uncertainty, delays, and rising fear.What began as something that seemed as simple as jaundice has escalated into a life-threatening condition that now requires an urgent liver transplant.For Asli’s parents, the reality is devastating. They are not asking for luxuries...

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