Playing street soccer in the dusty streets of Thamaga village as a young man, Motaosane, with a moniker that corrupts his surname to Mathousand or Thousands, harboured the dream of becoming an engineer. From a tender age, he chose to be a non-smoker and a teetotaller so that he would not blame anything tomorrow for his possible failures down his career path. This seems to have worked very well for him, as he looks much younger than his real age.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it…
