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GBV awareness walk to kill the silence


Farida's Love For Mother and Child Trust has donated food parcels to residents of Tawana, Tsholofelo and Ext 27.
Farida's Love For Mother and Child Trust has donated food parcels to residents of Tawana, Tsholofelo and Ext 27.

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) remains one of the biggest challenges many families face around the world and Botswana is no exception.

Sadly, while GBV statistics offer an idea of how huge a problem GBV is, the fact remains that many of the cases go unreported and mostly women and children continue to suffer at the hands of their male counterparts.

All children deserve to grow up in a healthy nurturing, and loving environment, but there are still many who grow up seeing violence within their family, to a point of seeing the situation as a normal way of life.

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Khama, Masisi should rise above personal differences

Hurt as he may have been, former president Ian Khama, Sir Seretse’s senior son who was given an opportunity to speak on behalf of the Seretse family, couldn’t mince his words as he took advantage to shred his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi to pieces.He, however, did not clearly mention names but he referred to Masisi as the leader of a political party that was founded amongst others by his father.He would also address him as the former State...

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