In Our First Citizens, Our Children Are Safe
Monday, December 10, 2018
Did we, during the two weeks and two days, achieve anything significant in the commemoration and reflection of socio and health issues such as HIV/AIDS, disability, and gender based violence (GBV)?
I say we have. Yes, we tend to engage on these issues around this time, and throughout the year, it’s business as usual. Having been on this course, working on the gender agenda, children’s rights, and people with disability, I can safely say I know and I have seen how our government, people and the world over tackle these issues.
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...