Top WTH moments of 2018

Elephants on the Nata Kasane road PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Elephants on the Nata Kasane road PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

Several times this year, the news headlines must have left you scratching your head. What the heck! From dope in the gym of an Olympic athlete, to Donald Trump calling Africans sh**holes, 2018 has been quite a year. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, samples some of the WTH moments this year

Sex doll frenzy!

The first clue that 2018 would be a crazy year, came early in January when social media exploded with rumours that unnamed wealthy elites had imported expensive, state of the art, lifelike sex dolls. The fairer sex’ days of relevance were numbered, social media claimed, as the dolls would inevitably filter down to the poorer men, perhaps as second or third hand items from the elite boys. As fake as the stories turned out to be, the silver lining is that they turned many people into overnight lawyers scrutinising Section 178 of the Penal Code and debating its relevance.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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