It�s An Impossibility. Or is it?

This remarkable year may be coming to an end but it is doing so in astonishing fashion. Or perhaps in a way that is largely consistent with earlier mind-boggling events.

Let’s start with water – and the report that the Water Utilities Corporation’s (WUC) public relations officer, Khumo Mugibelo has stated that they have decided to open the Ntimbale Dam because it is 82% full and there is the prospect of imminent rain.

 (Sunday Standard 10.12.17) In my own odd way, I have always believed that the aim is for dams to reach full capacity with spillways ensuring that the 100% could never be exceeded.

Editor's Comment
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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