Breaking The Poverty Cycle
Monday, February 08, 2010
It can be quiet perplexing though how some people become accommodative of poverty and become captives of hunger without actively doing something to change their circumstances.
Maybe poet William Carlos William summed it up when he said empty pockets make empty minds. He might have been telling the truth, as it appears most empty pockets manifest into minds that do not function well.
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...