The Universal declaration of Human Rights
1. We are all free and equal. We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way. 2. Don’t discriminate. These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences. 3. The right to life. We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety. 4. No slavery – past and present. Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave. 5. No Torture. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us. 6. We all have the…
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Let us unite against violence of women and children
Letters to the Editor Every year government reminds us of the responsibility of taking care and protecting our women and children against abuse during the period of 25 November to 10 December. This reminds one of the back to basics ways of living when we were brought up, there were basic things that we knew that are wrong to do and the ones that are correct. Every child belonged to the community not to his or her parents only we would respect every elder as if they are your own parent or relative. Generations and things have changed drastically that…
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Remembering victims of Lesotho massacre
Letters to the Editor We want to send our condolences to the families who lost their loved ones at the time. It was not only their loss but it was also our country’s loss. South Africa’s liberation was not a gift, neither did it fall from the tree. It resulted from the sacrifices of our people, international solidarity that came from all corners of our continent, against the apartheid regime of South Africa, which oppressed the Black majority to protect the white minority. Apartheid was a system devised by the white minority to legalise the oppression of our people. It…
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