Why we need beautiful people
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 530 Views |
Beautiful people: The author shares his views on beauty and its various connotations PIC: HELLOBEATIFUL.COM
Being spring in our country, confident people will start to bare their flesh or at least flash it. Being the last springtime before our country's general elections, politicians will start to ‘speechify’ in earnest.
In both instances, their actions are intended to persuade us to take their side. Yet we must see beyond their flesh or their words; indeed, their self-assurance. For our own good, we must be interested beyond just the politics of appearance or the appearance of politics. For their own good, we must turn the lens on ourselves and explain what really moves us but is often ignored.
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...