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De-cluttering My House and Life

This week I am at the village and ‘working on projects’. When you spend more than a week at the village the official, acceptable and respectable reason is you are ‘working on projects’.

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 when you spend more than a week at the village and it is not the festive season your relatives keep casting furtive and suspicious glances at you wondering which bank you could have robbed.

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Justice delayed is trust denied

Batswana who marched peacefully for 'Justice for Tshepi' demanded answers. They have now received a detailed account of police investigation and a promise that the file is with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The real test is whether the state now keeps its word without further prodding. In his address, the minister asked the nation to trust the process. He spoke of rigour, not neglect, and pointed to 10 months of...

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