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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.

Editor's Comment
Rising abortion figures demand urgent action

Instead, they should serve as a warning to health authorities, community leaders, and policymakers that something is not right. According to the Palapye District Development Committee’s latest report, 130 abortion cases were recorded between April and June 2026.On the face of it, the overall figure may represent a decline from the preceding quarter. However, going deeper into the figures, the monthly trend tells a different and more worrying...

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