ONE way of beginning a news item and that may appear rather trendy is, for instance: “Some big shots have established a racket to sell human skulls in the city,” we can now reveal. Or another one will say: “There are three men, who parade on street in the city as beggars, but are in reality millionaires,” our paper can reveal.
It seems weddings are back in full gear. I would like to say that there is a season and the season has started. However, this is inconclusive. I have not, nor do I plan on doing actual research to conclude this theory.
THERE were ugly scenes on the Isles last weekend. Scenes which were not typical to Tanzanian society, but they were as real as these words you are reading. To many, Zanzibar is the last place they'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in the newspapers.
Recently I was carrying on what I thought was a sensible conversation with a young man until he uttered strange things. I was actually berating him for dressing shabbily and he said that since he had woken up at 4 am in the morning he considered it too cold to take a bath at that hour.
LAST week, our sister newspaper HabariLEO carried a very interesting but disturbing news item purported to have been revealed by Parliamentary Standing Committee on HIV/AIDS that excessive overcrowding of remand prisoners at Segerea has culminated in unimaginable free sex in that prison.
Today, I explore the world of teenagers with particular emphasis on their conduct. Most teenagers, especially the boys, invariably exhibit determination to look for more excitement than everyday life generally offers. This behaviour is more apparent among urban dwellers.
THE riots that rocked Zanzibar and resulted in the torching of some six churches as well as other property made front page news in most papers of 28 and 29 May. The Custodian (28 May) told the story under the heading: “Isles Police hold 7 rioters.”
MOST of us, last weekend, woke up with a jolt. We were jolted by the news that the peaceful islands of Zanzibar were ablaze – and of all the things that one can conceive of – churches had been deliberately torched! Coincidentally, I was in Zanzibar last weekend and I was most jolted if not surprised.
I withdrew an amount of Tsh 20M on the 31st of October last year. The very next day ie 1st November a further amount of Tsh 20M was fraudulently debited from my account. When I initially reconciled my account, it somehow did not strike me but now that my annual audit has been done, this fraud has been picked up. The bank is saying I waited too long to report it to them and hence I cannot be refunded. What should I do?
