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Monday, April 16, 2007
She may also be viewed as a true example of the creativity and innovativeness that we need as a nation to survive in this competitive and globalised world. When many of her colleagues are busy selling vegetables such as tomatoes and onions, she has decided to go for something unique.
In fact, 50-year-old Tsitsi Mbakile represents the growing number of female-headed households that are becoming part of our culture. To her, women self-economic empowerment is not a mere theoretical concept but a daily reality.
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...