Ratie is My Star 2024 winner
Friday, May 17, 2024 | 180 Views |
My Star 2024 winner Ratie
The Molepolole native also won herself a scholarship. Kgoboeng, who is also known as Ratie, taken from her middle name Oratile, told Arts&Culture that despite her talent, she had never thought of winning the My Star competition in her lifetime. “I never thought I would win the My Star competition.
It can only be by the Grace of God and I am really lost for words to explain just how honoured I am to hold such a prestigious title. The prize money I won and the scholarship will really be of great help and will improve the lives of people around me. I really love children with special needs and as a PTA secretary at Ledumang Primary School Special Education Department, I would love to help them out a little in the future,” she said.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...