Human rights are sacred

It is time for both government and the citizenry to move beyond rhetoric and individual heroics to build the unshakeable institutions that make rights a daily reality for all. The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads.

This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every…