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INK SPILLS

By the time this edition lands on your lap a good many people would have somewhat made some ill-advised December-laced decisions regarding their lives or their money.

The December air just has that thing that gets the rational brain cells going on vacation when they should be putting on a shift bigger than our diamond marketers.

December is the most loved month in the calendar. This is mainly because when this month rolls along for a good number of the citizenry they will get 3 stashes of money. There’s the monthly salary from your employer. There’s also the December bonus for those who work for serious companies with serious money. And there’s also the Motshelo club money if your treasurer does not live in a rat-infested house. Rats have this uncanny ability to identify Motshelo records and eat them. Fingers of some unscrupulous Motshelo treasurers also tend to develop sticky properties and their Mathematical abilities might desert them around this time. That is why around this time there’s a spike in calculator sales. Motshelo is a no-frills investment and calculators are the major audit tools.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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