Suffer the little children
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Reports from our healthcare providers indicate that infrastructure and human resources are struggling to cope, with contract tracing and testing teams under unimaginable pressure from the upsurge of the virus within the country.
The advent of the South African variant, a more aggressive strain in terms of spread, is certainly being felt across the country and for now, it does not appear the uptrend will ease anytime soon.
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...