Etcetera II

A jarring lack of consistency
Merely to complete last week's unfinished Omang story, I can now add that the relevant office in Mochudi has finally been able to accept both applications for renewal and the P5 payments.

What had happened to make this suddenly possible?  But another week brings other experiences which cause surprise or simply wonderment as to the very strange ways we chose to organise ourselves.

These stories invariably revolve around about the inability of well paid managers to manage. It can  come as no surprise therefore that my experience last week concerned the BMC.  Quite simply, I was curious to know the identities of the people who have been Board members during the immediate past.

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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