In order to reduce or even stop GBVin this country, we have to send out a clear message: “If you rape or abuse a woman in South Africa, you will be caught and you will get a lengthy sentence with no options of parole.”
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For 729 days we had collectively held our breath as we wondered what this invisible virus would do…Then last Wednesday at midnight, it was suddenly all overt. Through it all, the one thing COVID has taught us is how short and fragile life is.
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I’m not sure who advised Ryanair on the Afrikaans language test, but whoever it was gave them the worst possible piece of advice…
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So let me put this challenge to the Minister of Health, MECs, and officials: Please go in your personal capacity and quietly sit for a while in the emergency rooms of our state hospitals. Then ask yourself if you are doing your job good enough.
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I do not believe that anyone who wants to silence criticism – even if they delete the statement the next day – can ever be presidential material.
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So let me put this challenge to the Minister of Health, MECs and officials: Please go in your personal capacity – without the big car, protections officers and fancy clothes, and quietly sit for a while in the emergency rooms of our state hospitals. Then ask yourself if you are doing your job good enough.
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“I give because I have more. I give because it could have been my high school sweetheart. I give because somewhere there is a mother hoping for some kindness from a stranger to her lost son or daughter. I give because that is what it means to be caring and compassionate.”
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As I watched the landscape go past from my train window, I realized again how much I love South Africa. I will never give up on this country. I know that millions of South Africans feel like I do – the only question is, how many politicians do?
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Globally, it seems that we are nearing the end of the COVID pandemic and that many of the restrictions may be lifted soon. However, COVID is still with us and can easily come back with a vengeance. With less than 30% of our population fully vaccinated, government should make it effortless to get it done.
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