Lifestyle

26 Apr 2023 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Are you aware that you’re a potential cancer patient?

If you are not aware, hear it from me now – you are a potential cancer patient. After losing my mother to endometrial cancer in February, I started researching about the condition and it was […]

19 Apr 2023 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

I’m celebrating Mother’s life, but mourning the state of our public healthcare system

Hello friends, Today, I thought I could digress a little by pushing forward the conclusion of the story ‘Losing Mother’ so that I can address some of the feedback which we have received. Firstly, I […]

12 Apr 2023 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Losing Mother: “This cancer has advanced, unfortunately, we can’t do anything”

Just in case you have forgotten, we were waiting for authorisation from NHIMA to go ahead and get a CT-Scan from Royal Diagnostics, a private lab within UTH. This was requested in order for the […]

6 Apr 2023 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Losing Mother Part 2

After being unceremoniously discharged from UTH, Mother was in so much pain but she still had some energy to chat. It was then that she narrated to us that whenever she tried to sit down […]

5 Apr 2023 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Losing Mother, why we should all be concerned about our health care system

I recently returned to the office from maternity leave – it was quite eventful. I have learnt more about life in the past three months than I have ever learnt in my years on this […]

3 Apr 2023 | Njamba Kapalu

Words that attack the heart

A couple years ago a meme was making the rounds which had a man utter such precious and timely words, “tough times never last.” It is something I tend to repeat to myself when I […]

31 Mar 2023 | Diggers Correspondent

How betPawa helped Royd realize his dreams

The latest BIG winner was Royd from Livingstone. He bet K5 on 12 legs and won K309,030.56, which was increased to K380,885.16 by a 45% betPawa Win Bonus. Here is his story, in his own […]

10 Mar 2023 | Njamba Kapalu

Thank God it’s Friday

Very few people are able to remember what they learned or did in primary school. We tend to remember only moments that had an emotional impact on our lives. One such moment for me was […]

28 Feb 2023 | Njamba Kapalu

He is not your father

The role of a father in an African home is typically one that is synonymous with firm leadership, absolute authority and the source of all truth. In the experience of many, there is a stark […]

23 Feb 2023 | Azele Banda

“I Have Something to Tell You: I am Pregnant!”

More than the father, every mother of a school going teenage girl dreads, every day, to be told two heart wrenching bad news from their little daughter: “I have been raped” and “I am pregnant”. […]

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