The secret hell of child sex abuse
Friday, May 13, 2016
Evil incarnate: The abuse of children continues unabated countrywide
The nation is still reeling in shock following a week of stunning allegations involving politicians, a purported cover-up bid, a young school girl and a pregnancy.
Just when Batswana thought they had heard the worst in councillor Kemmonye Amon’s admission to impregnating the senior secondary school, reports from another newspaper suggested that a Member of Parliament has impregnated a 17-year-old girl.
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...