Many faces in suicide prevention
Monday, September 13, 2010
This day is commemorated every year on September 10 and this year's theme is, "Many faces, many places: suicide prevention across the world".
At the commemoration, Assistant Superintendent, Kabelo Bome, of Mochudi police said that 90 percent of people who die from suicide have a mental illness at the time of death.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...