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The beginning of every new year marks a fresh opportunity to resolve personal strife and overcome our social plagues.
When the sun rises on New Year's Day, everyone wakes up and opens their front doors to usher in a new spirit of prosperity into their households. Most welcome this moment as a long-awaited friend, who comes from a special part of the universe, bearing a solution for all their problems.
Many young people would still be filled with this euphoria as they return to school or work despite the amount of pain and hardship experienced in the previous year(s).
The hundreds of thousands who have sat for their National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations would welcome their results with grace. Their success