On Friday, the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship (MTE) celebrated its diamond jubilee with a Staff Open Day that highlighted both its historic achievements and the urgent economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at the event, Mathoothe urged staff, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to “seize the opportunities before us” and to recommit to building a competitive and inclusive economy. 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…