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Work? Usually such grand and strange ideas don’t always work. The whole purpose of legislation is to come up with something that will satiate the masses but it doesn’t necessarily have to work.So the idea is that a politician or a Minister could...

From athletes diving over finish lines to athletes winning races and promptly having their gender being called into question. From athletes smoking devil’s lettuce on the eve of a premier athletics meet to athletes to officials ‘eating’...

Around mid-next year we voters should be fine and just like the Stella in the novel our groove will be back. Our stock should rise and nudge blue-chip level. We were served a trailer in recent by-elections. To those still stuck in the pre-millennial...

For instance you can send a letter to someone in Timbuktu that they can receive instantly in real time. No grumpy, tired mailmen who sometimes don’t turn up for work but instead the sick note always shows up.Sick notes are not known to deliver mail...

What was supposed to be an afternoon of fun quickly degenerated into a farce. Spectators at the Toyota Desert Race lost it. It seems the whole country is caught up in some silent competition to get the best pictures of any event they attend.So when...

I am thinking here of jingles like ‘After doing the nice and nasty at the Desert Race do not forget the constitutional visit to our pharmacies dotted around our villages and towns’. But I must ease up on talking about these peripheral issues of...

We just wanna talk so there’s no need to panic. We just wanna find out why they decided it should be during the coldest time of the year. As I write, there’s a menacing cold front creeping in to scupper those Father’s Day plans and put paid to...

There’s a firm belief that the commuter has now suddenly lost his reading skills as the waiting bays and buses are clearly marked with the various towns and villages.As someone once said, “I often think this planet is used by other planets as a...

There was a sense of menace in their criticism, like the purr of a lion feasting on an impala. The cynics smelt political gimmickry.The cynics smelt corruption. The cynics smelt bull dust if you would excuse the pun. The arrival of the bulls and...

Otherwise there’s a real possibility of folks wondering whether you don’t have the fare to get back or you are some kind of fugitive running away from the serious city law.City law is supposed to be more stringent and tougher than village law. So...

But the significance of this day seems to be lost to most as a good part of the population seems intent on sinning as much as possible away from heaven.And on this day, this very significant day in the Bible, most of us will patronise sin spots like...

Half the population will follow him blindly until they fall into an abyss. When Mr Ponzi Scheme is in town, many folks lose their minds. It is like when the ice cream van hits your street and parents lose control of their kids.Consumer Watchdog...

Writer’s block is a more technical term to describe a writer’s inability to come up with something interesting to write. But what is the writer’s block? Now for most of us this means when we get to this point our jobs might be in more jeopardy...

Almost all the stalls had given a day off to their workers and those who went to the mall to get their coffee fix at the Diamond Square were left both disappointed and amazed. Obviously such huge events must have a fair dose of controversy for them...

Government doesn't think so either. Toilet paper is gold and is something to be treasured, nurtured and kept safe from those who invade the council in search of toilets.Go into any council toilets and you will not find toilet paper. Every single...