A village awakens to a mother�s plea

Fighting on: Abbie's condition is presently stable
Fighting on: Abbie's condition is presently stable

In 1914, “the shot heard around the world,” sparked the First World War. One hundred years later, a mother sounded the cry heard around the village. Mmegi Correspondent, LERATO MALEKE traces the ensuing battle

Last year, a Mochudi woman named Tiny Ntshabele, made a sacrifice only a mother can make. She sold her house, her home, in order to raise funds for a life-saving operation for her daughter, Abian, more commonly known as ‘Abbie’.

Returning from her job in the United Kingdom at the end of 2013, Tiny found Abbie’s tummy a strange, round shape. The first thing that came into her mind was that her daughter may be pregnant and she whisked Abbie to the doctor for examination.

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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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