Minister Motsumi at the Vision 2016 Awards

I am humbled to be part of this important ceremony to recognize deserving individuals and organizations that have excelled in their relentless pursuits of the Vision 2016 goals and aspirations.

It is now common knowledge that through Vision 2016, this nation committed to achieve 'Prosperity for all by the year 2016'.  When we made this commitment in 1996, Ladies and Gentlemen, we set ourselves milestones that we wanted to achieve knowing very well that the road to success was not going to be an easy one.

We knew that in order to achieve our goals, we needed to change our mindsets and focus better than we did before. We knew that we needed to accelerate the pace at which we were doing things.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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