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Free Electricity Connection Not For All

A long time ago electricity was a rumour in most households. For most kids growing up in the 80s all they wanted was to one day own a house with electricity.

While this would seem a low-level ambition it was a reality which most of us aspired for.

I told this to my kids the other day and they tongue-in-cheek told me such ambitions should be buried deep in the archives of regrettable aspirations. But they don’t know our struggles. Most of their ambitions are pegged around owning Ferraris, beach houses and aircrafts - things which most of us battle-scarred beings know are reserved for fiction and Hollywood.

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Editor's Comment
DIS must correct costly stalemate

More than P8.1 million has already been spent, yet there appears to be no lasting solution in sight. This is not simply a dispute between the DIS and a group of officers. It is a matter of public accountability. Every pula spent by government comes from taxpayers who expect public funds to be used wisely and responsibly, especially during economic hardships faced by many.The officers exercised their constitutional right to seek justice through...

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