Suffer the little children
Thursday, October 16, 2014
According to the BPS, many of the hordes of local suspects arrested have claimed that they did not know that the exchange and distribution of pornographic or obscene material through the Internet is an offence! That such a statement has even been released underlines the degradation of our morals as a society and the deprivation of some of our basest members. In a society that prides itself on socio-cultural pillars espoused by the Botho ideology, child pornography is an egregious blight on our collective conscience.
That there are individuals out there manipulating, exploiting and destroying our children’s innocence for their illicit sexual pleasures is barely fathomable, making the police’s press statement even more bone chilling.
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...