At Last, Hope For The Children

Monday, June 06, 2016

Minister of Education Unity Dow together with protesters marching with the #IShallNotForget banner to petition the Minister of Education

Who could have ever thought that snap shots of a faceless girl would cause this nation to wake up from it’s slumber. The #IShallNotForget movement was birthed by a few and the nation had to stand still to heed the cry of the innocent children labelled victims of all forms of child abuse.

They took it to the streets, activists from all corners of the country joined the ear-piercing cry of the innocent, gao tsholetswe mo lekeishaneng o tla itse gore street fight go tewa eng (if you are born in the township, you will know what is meant by street fight) and the street never loses.

Contemplating on the march I remembered the Biblical fight between a small boy David and a muscular warrior Goliath.

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At Last, Hope For The Children

Who could have ever thought that snap shots of a faceless girl would cause this nation to wake up from it’s slumber. The #IShallNotForget movement was birthed by a few and the nation had to stand still to heed the cry of the innocent children labelled victims of all forms of child abuse.

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