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ASK GASE 17.05.13
May. 17 | MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON’S BEHAVIOUR IS WORRYING DEAR GASE, My first-born child stays at Sowa town with my aunt, but there are serious problems. Every day he is reported for unbecoming behaviour such as breaking into neighbours’ houses, but he is...
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO WRITE FROM CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE?
May. 17 | Chimamanda Adichie The Farafina Trust Workshop is being held again in Lagos Nigeria. The main teacher for the workshop is Orange Prize winner and author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Adichie. You will need to pay for...
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ANGRY HUSBAND
May. 17 | As a child of the 60’s I am reminded of a popular protest song back in the day entitled, “The Times they are a’ Changing.” The Bob Dylan inspired number was an anthem of change for a generation that felt the old ‘established’ order...
Running Away
May. 17 | TUNED-IN: or is he tuned-out? Sometimes more is less. Not the kind of talk marketing men like to hear but this is going to be more of a consumer awareness piece and less of a ‘how to make more money’ business column. The ‘more’ I’m going to...
Consumer’s Voice – 3rd May 2013
May. 17 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I ordered some clothes to be made from a dressmaker and paid a deposit on the 15th March. The agreement was I will collect my skirt and blouse end of March and pay the remaining balance then. He failed to deliver on time and...
Consumer’s Voice – 3rd May 2013
May. 10 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I am really interested to know if this Northern Port University is fake or not and I want to know if it is how can I claim them and get back my money. Thanks a lot. I’m sorry to sound unsympathetic, I really am, but what made...
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
May. 10 | Deciding to break up with someone is not always black and white. You’re caught wondering, “Am I weak if I stay? Am I a quitter if I go? Am I just not seeing things clearly? Are these feelings a phase?” And if there are children involved, how will...
CHOOSING A TARGET
May. 10 | HIGH-TECH: can be effective at an expense Let’s have a bit of fun. The question now is, should we take it easy, or would we be better off making things more difficult for ourselves? For the past three weeks I’ve been talking about how people go about...
CELEBRATION SHOUT OUT
May. 10 | THE ‘GO’ IN GOABAONE BORN TO SERVE: Lenong Orange customer advisor looks to God for inspiration Goabaone Benson Lenong prays to God every time he leaves home for work. He says the prayer is not about salary increment but rather about good service...
MOTHERHOOD NOT FOR COWARDS
May. 10 | Perhaps one of the hardest calculations to balance is the mother + father = child equation. As I share with you this week’s customary court scenario our story shows how something as natural as childbirth can unbalance and break a mother’s heart until...
WHY YOUR PUBLISHER IS PROBABLY NOT A CROOK
May. 10 | The other day someone said to me, “I’m going to self publish because these publishers are crooks.” I asked why he was saying that and he said because the publisher only gives the writer 10% of the income and they take 90%. Obviously this person...
BLACK CRAKE BOOKS
May. 3 | According to the owner of the publishing company, Nick Green, “The aim of Black Crake Books is to nurture and promote Batswana and expat authors in Botswana who have a writing ambition and bring them to an international audience.” Black Crake started...
Working to Live
May. 3 | GOOD MONEY: but not a lot of laughs When does a person decide to become an accountant? When he realizes he doesn’t have enough personality to succeed as an undertaker. I had a hard time deciding if I should tell that joke. Sure, it’s funny and...
LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE
May. 3 | Traditionally parents believed that their children would always be part of them – sharing a life where support and love would flow to all concerned. Loving and giving has always been an integral component of African culture and it also suggests that...
I feel like I’ve wasted five years of my life
May. 3 | DEAR GASE I agreed to move in with my boyfriend because I thought it would give us a chance to get to know each other better before marriage. Many of my peers are doing it so I thought why not. But now some of those friends who started off cohabiting...
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY- IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU OR ME!
May. 3 | “Morally weak.” “A character defi ciency.” “Lacking will power.” “Poverty stricken.” “Uneducated.” “Mentally unbalanced.” or “A product of a dysfunctional family”. These are some of the popular misconceptions and stereotypes...
ASK GASE 26.04.13
Apr. 29 | MY WOMAN IS A CHEAT BUT I CAN’T LET HER GO DEAR GASE, I have lost trust in this person I have shared my life with. I found my girlfriend on a date during working hours with some guy next to her work place. I had passed the place by chance and decided...
Consumer’s Voice 26/ 04/ 2013
Apr. 26 | GREAT BIG PARCEL SCAM I hope you will be able to help me as you have helped others. My boyfriend sent me a parcel from the UK. I paid for most of the charges demanded but they’re now asking for security charges that I can’t aff ord. They now demand...
CHASING DREAMS
Apr. 26 | OVERDONE: Passions can be misplaced Some people live to eat; others simply eat to live. In other words, food can be such a passion for some people that finding, buying, preparing and consuming it are their main reasons for living; while others see the...
