Tebogo receives Presidential Order of Meritorious Service award
Friday, September 29, 2023 | 3710 Views |
Letsile Tebogo
At 20 years, Tebogo becomes the youngest person to ever receive the award.
The Presidential Order of Meritorious Service is an honour awarded to any person for actions or services benefiting Botswana or any Community or Organisation therein in any particular field or sphere and for acts of courage or devotion to duty.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...