Where we were once a nation that cared for its poor and orphaned, we’ve become a people filled with envy, greed, jealousy and even murder in our hearts. The age-old principles of ubuntu and the goodness in us have fast been eroded by the corrosive cheap values of materialism that we see so rampant around us.
Unless we go back to our roots and unclothe ourselves of this false, heavy armoury of cheap values that are dragging us down, we stand a very good chance of perishing as nothing but fools.
And for as long as mothers believe that it is fine for their daughters to have sex before marriage on Valentine’s Day because if they get pregnant there will be an abortionist for them to get rid of the unwanted baby.
And for as long as young girls throw themselves into the arms of older men for easy money and the benefits and comforts of being ‘used’ as a sex slave at a young age, simply because it enables them to put bread and tea on their family’s table every night.
And for as long as older women date young men and corrupt them with money to satisfy their lust are just some of the evils that will destroy us as a people.
Morabe Ntoane Tlaile
Mailula Park
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