A Buffalo In My Home � E Romilwe

Just when I was scratching my head about this week’s topic, boom a buffalo fell right onto my lap! In September of 2012 a so-called ‘Happiness Planet Index’ ranked Botswana last (151) in their rankings, declaring us the most miserable people on earth. In the recent rankings, we moved a few places up, from the last position to position 146, an insignificant improvement if you ask me, nothing to write home about.

I am not sure what this Index ranking is all about, not sure of what measure they use to reach their findings, I doubt they can even tell Botswana from Rwanda or Kazakhstan. But still every year they keep releasing these standings declaring us unhappy again and again. I will speak for myself; I am hardly ever unhappy, not to say I am a happy-go-merry person, I just don’t waste my time being unhappy and miserable. Because most of the time the cause of unhappiness is usually the other person. I long swore never to let another human being be the source of my unhappiness. Some people become big-headed when they think they have an upper hand on you.

I take challenging situations head on; if I cannot contain the situation then I just let go and let nature take its course. Life goes on, monkey or no monkey on my back.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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