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Let's declare war on drugs

This topic, we would say, is less discussed as not many speak publicly on it and often times one may hear murmurs in the background.

Unfortunately, where we are at the right time now because drug use and abuse, the country is in a deep, deep, deep hole! Drug peddlers and drug lords have taken a grip on the nation's most precious gems – the youth – while decimating its greatest resource, to fulfil its potential.

They have found a niche in destroying futures and stealing the country's next best hope for a bit of considerable wealth in a few pockets at the expense of the masses who look to an uncertain fate. We should stand as a country and find ways to curb this evil that is devouring our children. Recently on Facebook, someone posted a distressing message from a father who lost his son to drugs.

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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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