Fathers, where art thou?

Let me state for the record that growing up, I have never ever gone to bed on a hungry stomach.

Growing up in a family of four, I don’t recall a day where I had to go to bed because there was no food in the house.

If I ever did, it was only because I simply did not want to eat and even then, I had to be very smart about it. I grew up in an era where children were meant to be seen and not heard and at meal time, everybody at home had to gather at the dinner table and not leave until the parents said so.

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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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