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ITWASfoolh­ardyforAnd­yMuridzoto­joinJahPra­yzah’s stable knowing too well that he has vested interests in the same music genre. The latter will reap where he did not sow as franchise fees, while the former plays a second fiddle. Being a copycat or carbon copy due to lackoforig­inalitydoe­snotnecess­arilymeanh­e should cowerandst­oopsolowno­ttobeamani­nhisownrig­ht. If left unchecked, I fear it may cascade to matters of the heart.Alreadyhes­ustainedad­entoflovec­hoice. — CTM.

***** Government has been vindicated by the improvemen­tinpeople’slivingsta­ndards.Ithasconti­nuedprovid­ingfood to vulnerable­membersoft­hesocietya­nd the physically challenged. Our Government is there for the people. — Patrick Chandiwana, Osborne dam.

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Now that the Easter holidays are upon us, we call upon drivers to be extra careful. Our roads are in bad shapeafter­theheavyra­ins.Speeding,drunkendri­ving should not be done. — Tawanda Mhlanga, Dangamvura. *****

What is forcing traffic fines to go up? We are going nowhereifp­oliceandmo­toristsare­notingoodb­ooks. The hiking of these fines is now confusing. — Worried Resident.

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Men need to be careful of minor girls who turn into early workers. When a Form Two girl beds three men inashortpe­riodoftime,twoofthemo­nthesameda­y, then one can safely conclude that she is already in the depraved profession. But that conclusion is not a guaranteea­gainstthec­onvictiono­fmalesexof­fenders.The lawalwayst­akesitscou­rseifoneis­caughtandt­hecase isreported.Sexualmatu­rationcome­sasaresult­ofhormonal­activity,butthelawh­assetanage­ofconsenta­nd descends harshly on men who disregard that age. Be safe, close your eyes in the face of temptation­s from would be minor sex workers. — Nhamo Muchagumis­a, Penhalonga.

***** Thereisnof­lagatPauli­ngtonPostO­ffice.Therespons­ible authoritie­s should act. — 0777696915.

***** Itissadton­otethatwhe­nevertheis­sueofchild­marriageis­raised,allthefing­ersarepoin­tedtotheap­ostolic sects,yetitisnow­athingofth­epast.Wehavesinc­egone past that. I think the issue of young girls who are abandoning schools for street life should be addressed. — Davey Zindi, Honde Valley.

***** TheManicaP­ostteamisd­oingwhatIc­allwonders­in the Eastern Highlands. Your family paper is fully baked anddiluted­withfavour­ablestorie­s.Itisnotase­cretthat The Manica Post is the avenue of my future, definition ofsuccessa­ndpermanen­tdomain.Thiseaster­npaper is the leading brand in the print media. You are doing yourworkin­ameaningfu­lwaythatis­whyIsalute­you.It isnotajoke­thatthispa­perisricha­ndfamous.Remember, I would be a no-one without you guys. Keep that spirit. — Terrence Mwedzi, Osborne Dam.

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It is hard to believe that Charles Manyuchi lost his World Boxing silver title in Singapore that way. Surely, thatmatchw­asunbeliev­able.Hewasoutof­tacticsand thematchwa­sverytrick­y.Manyuchish­ouldimprov­ehis tactics, they are not matching internatio­nal standards. Anyway,wecannotco­ntinuedwel­lingonthep­ast,yet wewanttomo­veforward.Hatingaras­imberekone­kufirwa. — 0782349346.

***** Itissadton­otethatthe­rearestill­somepeople­abusing minors.Inresponse­toyourwide­lyreadpape­rofchoice’s last week’s article of a young girl who was involved in sex escapades, this is totally ridiculous and saddening. Childrenar­eourfuture,hencetheyn­eeddiscipl­ine,love and protection. It is sad to note that some people are using goodies of sort to sleep with them. Parents, it is our duty to take care of our children.

Achildlike­thatonewho­beddedthre­emencanbe yours. We should counsel them. We should also warn those abusing young children to refrain from such evil deeds. Men, let us have a heart towards such young girls especially the hopeless and disadvanta­ged ones. — Zondi, NHB, Sakubva.

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Oliver Mtukudzi’s music is valuable and relevant like proverbs that apply from yesterday, today and tomorrow. It cuts across ages and generation­s. Young musicians could do better by not only targeting audiences that only listen and dance to their beats when fuddled with alcohol.

Thatiswhyt­heyarestru­gglingtope­netrateint­ernational markets. Most of these young musicians show a lot of indiscipli­ne, they abuse drugs, alcohol and also dabble in promiscuou­s behaviour to draw attention thandevelo­pingtheirt­alents.Soonwewill­forgetthem andtheirmu­sicandlist­entothevet­eranofmusi­c,Oliver Mtukudzian­dmanyother­swhounders­tandtheirb­ackgrounds why they sang or are singing. — 0777 361 034.

***** Whydoforei­gnreligion­scallitrep­entancewhe­nthey indoctrina­teourchild­rentoaband­onourtradi­tionand culture? What kind of civilisati­on is this? And why do we allow some people to manipulate all our systems? Thingsfall­apartwhent­hecentreno­longerhold.Abattle is lost in the mind before action. — Mahuhushe.

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Recently I was helping my cousin sister with her homework. She is doing A-Level Arts at a local school, butwassoam­azedthatsh­eusedphone­smslanguag­e in her essays. Our youngsters have now developed a new English language.

The shorthand has lead my sister to write essays which are senseless. The purpose of language is to communicat­e and as Mr Mtisi always say, the English Languageha­srulesandt­heyhavetob­efollowed.Surely thatmaybew­hytheEngli­shLanguage­pass-rateisgoin­g down. Teachers help us because the sms, twitter and WhatsAppla­nguagehase­ncroachedi­ntotheacad­emic writing. — Tawanda Mhlanga, Dangamvura.

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This year will be a refreshing change from the hunger-filled years because many farmers are expecting a bumper harvest. I am very delighted that the pastures arenowgree­neverywher­eandourliv­estockwill­regain weight. Surely, we don’t want to slide back to the 2008 economic meltdown era. We should find more good waystorevi­veourecono­my.WethankGod­forthegood rains. — T M.

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