Lets celebrate responsibly

Starting from today, thousands of us will be travelling to various destinations to reunite with families and friends to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of our independence. Of course the independence celebrations will be competing for attention with other social events such as weddings and funerals among others.

The aforementioned two are obviously part of our lives. Funerals are the sad reality we have to live with as a result of illnesses, road accidents and other manmade causes such as murder. The independence celebrations come at month-end when pockets of those with jobs will be bulging making fuel and alcohol affordable to many of us. 

There are of course those who will be entering other people’s homes to steal their hard-earned belongings such as electronic appliances, clothes, and even food. Life has never been so depressing like the moments we are living in today.

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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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