Can’t put my finger on it It is on a sad note that we have in the past few weeks heard of horrendous spate of rapes and murder of women and children. What is most shocking is rape of kids by the their parents , uncles or relatives but most shocking is the rape of a hundred year old grandmother in Centane. Seemingly there is not cure available for this cancer that is eating our society, sense of reality as human beings and creation of God. One can count a number of actions taken to counter pandemic from prayers, marches, media condemnation to public disgust but nothing positive seems to come out of these. Have we lost it as people, nation and humanity ? What more can we do? Are we doing enough? or is the law failing us or us failing ourselves? Even when writing this piece I am sick to my stomach to hear reports of even sons raping their own parents. Are we losing the battle against crime or this a sign of an ending world as the Holy book says that in the end we will see, hear of things that we never even imagined in our life time. February is known as the month of “Love”, is it love for boyfriend? Girlfriend ? husband or wife?. What happened to love thy neighbour? Even the American music group Black Eyed Peas seem to have had a premonition with their record breaking song Where is the love. In one of their lyrics they ask “What’s happening to the world to the world mama”, I think they are spot on ,we need to look at ourselves, introspect or we will be recorded in as a generation that failed itself till the end. Join us in first issue around Municipal Matters reporting, keep those letters, invites and stories coming. Sivuyile Mbatha