Is it curse or witchcraft that bedevils women? They are forever beleaguered with misfortune, much of it occasioned on them by themselves, or by collaborating with men to do away with their own breed.
When armed ruffians a while ago ransacked the home of Tanzania's police chief, Gen. Omar Mahita in an incessant pattern of armed robberies that have characterised present-day Tanzania, many commoners were left wordless.
A three-decade law banning pregnant girls from attending school has been scrapped by Zanzibar Parliament. Prior, girls under 18 who became pregnant had to drop out of school and could not return, a law which women's groups had been campaigning to abolish, saying it infringed on the girls' human rights.
Why should man be the first to surrender in a battle between humans and beasts? Press reports have indicated that somewhere in the country, the long running drought has touched off a nasty confrontation between humans and beasts.
“My girlfriend is pregnant!” lamented the upset chap. “I cannot marry her. I am going to murder her instead!”