What's being 60, anyway?

What's being 60, anyway?
What's being 60, anyway?

Born in 1960, a man in Botswana could expect to live up to 48.1 years: a woman, negligibly longer at 49.1 years. Born around 2020, he can expect to live almost 20 years longer than that, and die at age 69.4; if it is a woman, she can expect to live longer and die at age 72.5 years. 

With this longevity comparison out of the way, I will, for the most part, end the comparison between man and woman here and concentrate on the gender I am most familiar with; manhood. 

In this opinion piece, while I deliberately eschew objectivity, I want to bring my own subjectivity to bear on what it means and is most deserving of our attention as men, at 60 years of age.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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