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Dear Coach, I am girl aged 19 from a small village of Lorwana and I came to the city to live with my sister who is 28-years-old. My sister has two kids, both under the age of five.

I came to the city with an intention to look for a job but that has been a far-fetched dream since I seem to be my sister’s maid whilst not paid.

My sister is never home since she is working in a Chinese shop. She leaves home very early and comes back very late. On weekends, the time I would expect her to spend time with her children, she is often up and about with her friends, exploiting the social life. I do not have that unfortunately, but only to take care of her children.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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