The Financial Gazette

By Clemence Manyukwe

25 July 2013

GOVERNMENT has virtually been paralysed as ministers and members of the presidium intensify their political campaigns ahead of next week’s polls.

A number of government ministers are fighting tooth and nail to retain their seats in the bicameral Parliament in order to stand a good chance of being appointed into Cabinet.

A Cabinet appointment comes with a top-of-the-range Mercedes Benz, an all-terrain 4X4 vehicle, a government house and other featherbeddings.

While a serving President can, if need be, widen his/her selection pool by appointing non-constituency Members of Parliament, the slots are limited; hence politicians tend to bank on such benevolence as a last resort.

But with politicians spending much of their time in their constituencies, government business is suffering.

The traditional Tuesday Cabinet meetings were suspended early this month as parties moved a gear up in their contestation for power.

President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have also hit the campaign trail, and have been crisscrossing the country’s provinces, drumming up support for their parties.

The tight schedule presented by the harmonised elections caught many politicians off guard. To make the most out of the available time, most of them have vacated their posts to seek re-election.

David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Arts, Sport and Culture, is one of the few ministers who are still performing their duties.

Yesterday, he said constitutionally ministers remain in place until a new President takes over.

“I have just put a new Arts Council and I am still signing papers. I have also attended a meeting of the Education Transition Fund,” said Coltart, the secretary for legal affairs in the Movement for Democratic Change.

Meanwhile, the Office of the President and Cabinet has written to the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) saying it was temporarily withdrawing vehicles from the organ until after the polls as they were being abused at political campaigns.

This follows an announcement by ZANU-PF last week that it was pulling out of the organ on grounds that its assets were being abused.

JOMIC is a creation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that paved the way for the formation of the inclusive government in February 2009.

Its role is to ensure the implementation of the GPA; receive reports and complaints in respect of any issue related to the implementation, enforcement and execution of the agreement; serve as catalyst in creating and promoting an atmosphere of mutual trust and understanding between the parties and promoting continuing dialogue between the parties.

The withdrawal of the vehicles is likely to paralyse JOMIC’s operations pre and post the election period.

The Financial Gazette

By Mandla Tshuma

25 July 2013

ZAPU alternate secretary-general, Strike Mkandla (SM) says his party’s main objective in participating in this year’ elections is to continue from where they left in 1987 at the signing of the Unity Accord with ZANU-PF. The Financial Gazette’s  this week caught up with Mkandla who is also ZAPU’s National Assembly candidate for Bulawayo’s Pelandaba-Mpopoma constituency.

He shared his views on his candidature and ZAPU’s maiden participation in the plebiscite after parting ways with ZANU-PF in 2008.

MT: What is ZAPU’s main objective in participating in this election?
SM: The main aim is to start where we left off in 1987 and to build an alternative to unaccountable and repressive governance. Since we cannot become the majority party on account of fielding candidates in less than half of the constituencies, our first target is to get a sizeable block of seats to make an impact in Parliament and in the provincial councils.
On the policy front there are significant silences in how the new constitutional provision for devolved government will work out in practice. One example is the allocation of resources to the provinces and metropolitan authorities who are guaranteed “no less than five percent of national revenue”.
This essentially leaves a bloated centre and rickety devolved government unless there are strong voices to push for a radical interpretation of that provision. There are also some unfinished business in the area of freedom of assembly and access to information.

MT: How are you planning to improve the lives for Zimbabweans should you win these polls?
SM: We need to give teeth to the devolution provisions where there is an opening in the new constitution to meaningfully empower Zimbabweans by giving them control over government activities, services and local priorities as well as benefits from resources in their areas.
We are not for decentralisation that is given and taken at the whims of some authority and even individual ministers based in Harare. The country’s rich resources are not benefiting the majority of our people. Even poorer countries than us in natural resource endowment are doing better  because we have poorer governance. In this regard we shall be fighting to stop corruption which is partly promoted by low accountability and lack of transparency.

MT: Some political observers say the recently signed pact between ZAPU and the Welshman Ncube-led MDC is very weak and will not produce any results. How  do you respond to that?
SM: This alliance is the first voluntary agreement between two competing parties on the basis of identified common objectives and principles. It will get stronger because it is not merely for maximising chances in this election only. The ideal situation would have been a common slate of candidates so that we benefit from our combined strengths. We were overtaken by time and the need for mandates to move with the members as negotiations progressed.
The first positive result is the change of mind-set, so that there is nobody that feels ordained to lead the others.
The second positive result is that we are committed to supporting each other’s candidates where only one is standing.
The third is that we have one example of a candidate standing down for another in Bulawayo where ZAPU is supporting David Coltart of MDC. I am sure if there was time this would be replicated by candidates of each party, but one problem here is that we did not develop a mechanism for aggregating the votes in order to gain equitable representation in the seats allocated to proportional representation. In the next elections in 2018 or before we intend to be in a stronger alliance that responds to all the issues raised above. I see us fielding a single presidential candidate then and a common slate of candidate; so this is not a gimmick just for this election.

MT: Your party has been labelled a regional party. How is its support base like outside Matabeleland and the Midlands?
SM: I am intrigued that this question is almost exclusively reserved for parties from the south of the country when there are over 20 registered political parties that have never even attempted to have a base in Matebeleland or the Midlands. It seems that being strong in Matebeleland is considered “regional” and even “tribal” regardless of one’s ideological position. This is even more curious when you consider that since the 1920s most nationally significant trade unions and parties (actually with the exception of ZANU-PF) benefited in their initial stages from committed support and leadership based in Bulawayo.
In the case of ZAPU we have a lot of residual support in many parts of the country which we could not transform into structures because of restrictive conditions and outright fear of victimisation, particularly where ZAPU’s forces did most of the fighting during the liberation war like in Mashonaland West. In this election we have candidates in Harare and one in Manicaland, but we could not muster a nomination drive because of resource constraints.

MT: ZAPU is said to be a party for the elderly. How have the youths from across the country received ZAPU?
SM: ZAPU is a surprisingly resilient idea, given that it has been out of the picture as an independent organisation until 2009. Naturally those who were born and grown up when it was “swallowed up” in 1987 have direct recollection of what it did and how it related to its support base. I have been amazed at how some people under 40 passionately relate to the party’s history and even have “nostalgia” because of what has been passed onto them.
During the conference of the ZAPU Youth Front in April this year youths from all over the country sounded as passionate about the party like the older members, including the women (the Zimbabwe African Women’s Union) who had their conference at the same time and venue. However, the structures are stronger in the south for now like I alluded to in answering your previous question about regionalism.

MT: How is your financial situation affecting your campaigns as the country heads towards harmonised elections?
SM: I have already answered this question in different forms. The long and short of it is that if we had an even modestly better financial base we could have done better where we have good but poorly resourced potential candidates who were put off by the prospect and magnitude of campaigning from personal funds.

MT: What’s next for ZAPU after these polls?
SM: The most immediate thing is that we got a chance to test our structures and how they respond to challenges such as a poor resource base.
We shall immediately prepare for the next elections and also work at the alliance with the MDC for a strong slate of candidates.
The second is to use whatever strength we get to push for real change in people’s lives and the way government relates to them and their priorities. If we gain control in any province it should become a model of how the whole country should be run.

The Southern Eye

By Nqobile Bhebhe

25 July 2013

THE race for Bulawayo East constituency, which has eight candidates vying for the House of Assembly seat, has been billed as one of the most epic battles in the city.

The cast consists of incumbent Thabitha Khumalo of MDC-T,  Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister  David Coltart of MDC, Kelvin Muzidziwa (Zanu-PF) and Tinashe Kambarami, a former youth district chairperson in MDC-T who chose to run as an independent.

Others are Kelvin Kasosera (Zimbabwe Patriotic Movement), Norman Kaviza (MKD), Stanley Moyo an independent and Tapson Tivarere of United Movement for Democracy.

Roger Muhlwa, however, has since withdrawn his candidature after Zapu forged an election pact with MDC, throwing his weight behind Coltart.

Politics, being a game of numbers and popularity, observers said the race had virtually been narrowed down to just two – Khumalo and Coltart.

Khumalo, whose political career is grounded on trade unionism, has been Bulawayo East legislator since 2000.

During her tenure, she has campaigned for HIV and Aids prevention and access to treatment, which was often viewed as advancing the legalisation of prostitution.

In her party, she was also never far from controversy.

In 2011, at the MDC-T elective congress, she challenged party deputy president Thokozani Khupe for the post and lost.

From there, things went helter-skelter for her, as she was soon relieved of her position as deputy spokesperson of the party.

On the other hand, her main rival, Coltart is the incumbent Kumalo senator.

Coltart said while he would have preferred to remain in the Senate, he “understood the logic of the decision and hence agreed to stand in the House of Assembly”.

His profile as Education minister might win him the election.

However, both candidates in recent interviews admitted that the battle would be tough.

Bulawayo-based political commentator Godwill Phiri said although both candidates have high profiles, Coltart had a slight edge.

“No doubt the race would be tight,” he said. “Both candidates have strong CVs. But Coltart has an edge over Khumalo.”

Coltart is rated as having been the best performing minister in the tenure of the inclusive government. He helped revive a crucial sector that had collapsed.

“That on its own is a huge factor and the electorate relate to the education issues as they are  a basic human right.”

He added that the MDC-Zapu alliance which saw Muhlwa stepping down, could benefit Coltart.

On Khumalo’s chances, Phiri said her draw card was thin.

“Her major strength is that she is the incumbent and a woman candidate — that might work for her,” he explained.

“However, the fact that she was raising minority issues in Parliament, which have to do with legalising prostitution, that is a massive minus.

“Those issues do not resonate with the majority of the electorate.”

Phiri said the internal MDC-T squabbles in the province could work against Khumalo.

Southern Eye

By Southern Eye Reporter

25 July 2013

Veteran journalist, Methuseli Moyo who has reported on several elections, said while both candidates stand a chance of clinching the seat, Coltart is a better brand. “It’s a 50-50 affair, but Coltart is a far better brand than Khumalo and other contestants.

“He is a stable politician. With respect to other ministers, Coltart’s achievements in the government are highly rated.”

Moyo described Bulawayo East as an enlightened constituency and since Coltart was highly visible on social media, this gave him an edge.

“Residents in the constituency are not a rally type,” he said. Moyo added that Khumalo’s greatest undoing could be her statements on sexual issues.

“She is vocal, but her statements on sexual issues in Parliament might mitigate against her” her said.

Other constituencies tipped to be a close call include Makokoba, which pits MDC-T provincial chairman Gordon Moyo, ZANU PF central committee member Tshinga Due, Thabile Ndlovu (MDC), Thomeki Dube (Alliance Khumbula Ekhaya), Zenzo Lot Masuku (Zapu), Patricia Ncube (Free Zimbabwe Congress) and Harry Peter Wilson of MKD.

Moyo, the State Enterprises and Parastatals minister, has a fight on his hands, as he will contest Dube – well-known for his deep pockets.

Another interesting area should be Lobengula where incumbent, Water Resources minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo of MDC-T, is being challenged by MDC spokesperson Nhlanhla Dube.

The Herald

By Zecheaus Nemadire

23 July 2013

Musician Oliver Mtukudzi has been appointed as one of the new board members of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe.

Mtukudzi was appointed together with businesswoman Chipo Mutasa, Shoko

Festival Director Samm Monro, newspaper executive Raphael Khumalo, Stills execution manager for the Central Africa Franchise of Coca-Cola East & Central Africa Nomathemba Halimana, arts administrator Jackie Cahi, Doon Estate property manager Marcellina Mushore, writer Pathisa Nyathi and artist Misheck Masamvu.

The new board will be chaired by Dr Nozipho Maraire, a world-renowned eye surgeon.

Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said in a statement that the new board had people from different backgrounds and was gender balanced, with personalities of merit.

“As you can see the board’s structure is gender balanced, the number of male and females is equal at five apiece,” he said.

Sunday News

By Sunday News Reporter

21 July 2013

“COMMUNICATION is culture and culture is communication,” these words were said by famous communications theorist, media critic and a journalism instructor at the University of Illinois and later Columbia University, Mr James Carey.

The turn of the century has also witnessed a subsequent revolution in the communication sector; gone are the days of the normal conventional means of communication but there has been the introduction of the internet which has brought with it terms such as social networking and the social media.

Someone once said that social media is like a drug. You get hooked on it and then it consumes you, gives you reason to return to it and eventually makes you dysfunctional as you struggle to meet deadlines or even have imagined “insomnia” caused by the desire to chat and follow friends in the world of social media.

In this age of smart phones, people are being distracted from their mainstream work. If one can spend five minutes in every 30 minutes to check chats on his or her cellphone or computer, this translates to at least 80 minutes of an eight-hour working day – meaning one would have wasted more than 80 minutes of the time they are expected to be productive.

Social media has by and large become a part of our everyday living with the youth being the most affected.

Schoolchildren have now been introduced to the famed search engines such as wikipedia and google, to an extent that even during lessons you find them “googling” their assignments.

Parents and educationists have also raised concern over the time children spend on the social networks.

Interaction has moved from being face to face and has gone beyond borders due to these social networks.

It is no surprise to get a four-year-old talking of Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter or Mixit. Educationists have further raised concern over a tendency to allow schoolchildren to have their mobile phones during lessons, with the main bone of contention being the fact that these children end up abusing the facility by viewing x-rated sites while in some cases they are said to be using the gadget right in the middle of lessons thereby interfering the learning process.

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, a leading Australian psychologist, called parents who allow young children to use mobile phones “insane”.
Dr Carr-Gregg, a University of Melbourne professor of paediatrics, is worried about the power of mobile phones to distract and overexcite.

According to a survey conducted by Dr Carr-Gregg, 40 percent of children with mobile phones are sleep deprived on school nights, as peer pressure has made it normal for children of 6 and 7 to stay up until the early hours texting friends.

His evidence, revealed in a series of Australian academic seminars, suggests that millions of children are allowed mobile phones in their bedrooms, creating a generation of overtired “zombies”.

Other new research have linked sleep deprivation in children with hyperactivity symptoms and hormone imbalances that increase the risk of obesity and diabetes.

According to another research done in America by Daniel Flannery, 89 percent of the youths send or read email, 84 percent go to websites about movies, TV shows, music groups or sports, 81 percent play online games 76 percent go online to get information about current events and 57 percent go online to get information about college.

The research states that social media promotes lower academic achievement grades, lower attachment to school and shorter attachment spans.

Just last year the nation raised alarm over the drop in the country’s overall pass rate in Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations. Could we thus lay the blame squarely on the children’s dependency on social media and the internet.

Unlike past generations that had neither cellphones nor televisions, let alone DStv, this current generation has to manoeuvre its way around all these distractions and still achieve greatness in the work it conducts.

Global experts have, however, on the other hand, praised technological advancement for being on the cutting edge, connecting the globe, creating a small village and enhancing our capacity and speed to share information across the length and breadth of the world.

It should, therefore, be noted that the media not only serves as a source of information but also provides a source of entertainment. Media sources have relentlessly worked on creating appealing images that entice the youth to their content. Although these may be informative, the youths have been coerced into consuming more time reading or browsing for such information.

Recent advancements in computers and mobile phones have led to ease of access of the internet via advanced wireless devices. Whereas this creates a tech-savvy generation, the content provided by some media houses may be uncensored and entails violent acts, obscene scenes and vulgar language.

Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Senator David Coltart said social media had played a crucial role in the education system where it has become a source of delivering messages in schools.

He, however, said youths were spending more time on social sites and less on their studies and there was now a need for laws to be put in place to ensure that the youths are distanced from such.

“The danger of the social media is that it can be so addictive and in this day and time I think it is important that youths are distanced from the internet especially at schools.

“I really think it would have been proper if some policies or laws were implemented so that we protect our children from over reliance on these social networks. The idea is let’s use the social media or the internet but let us not over use it,” said Minister Coltart.

Information scientist Dr Lawton Hikwa, however, noted that the social media was not a new phenomenon, he said it was one of the forms of public communication that had been invented with the rise of technological advancement.

Dr Hikwa said the social media had not just become a communication tool but an interactive tool that could be used in delivering messages in the learning process.
“I understand students are no longer doing much of reading books but referring to information on search engines like Google or Amazon.com, but then at the end of the day when they download the information they just don’t paste it like that; they have to read through it thoroughly.

“At the end of the day, it might be accurate to say yes it is affecting society but then it has been a helping tool as well. Students can engage in discussions through these and at the same time download stuff that can be of much importance,” said Dr Hikwa.

Veteran educationist and Zanu-PF secretary for education Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said while it was acceptable that we were living in a global village it should be appreciated that the social media and the internet at large were now playing a more involved role in people’s interactions.

He said it was promoting cultural imperialism, which saw the youth taking up a Western culture at the expense of their own culture.
“While I fully agree that the internet helps to a certain extent, the basic communication process, our children are no longer using it for this function but use it for self-aggrandisement and other immoral activities which impact negatively on the whole education process.

“As parents we should see to it that while we allow our children to spend more time on these social networks, they should also have an appreciation of their own culture and know the sacrifices made by their forefathers to fight this Western infiltration,” said Dr Ndlovu.

He said it was well known that communication technology also played a role in the developing of a child especially with the rising technological era.
“I am not saying deprive the children of the gadgets completely because whether we like it or not they have a huge impact on the growth of the child. We don’t want to produce a generation that is technophobic considering that nowadays you find a five year old freely using the computer or any of these technological gadgets.

“What I’m simply saying is that let’s not interfere with teaching curriculum because we end up depriving our children of a fundamental right, this being that of education,” said Dr Ndlovu.

So at the end of the day social media is quickly evolving in front of us and it is almost impossible to reject and hide from this new form of media. Not only is it an important part of socialisation within peer groups but now it is used to market and motivate people to become a part of a larger community.

It is thus our duty to see how we make use of it and ensure that it does not affect our lives, work or even schooling activities.

Sunday News

By Nobuhle Nyoni

21 July 2013

GOVERNMENT has expressed optimism  that efforts to bring in six South Korean Science and Mathematics teachers into the country will improve the standards of education in Zimbabwe.

The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, said South Korea is recognised as having one of the best education systems in the world.

He said according to the agreement the ministry had with the Korean government, the teachers were expected to arrive in the third term of this year’s school calendar.

“Korea is recognised as having one of the best education systems in the world and they are particularly strong at teaching Maths and science. It is hoped that these teachers will not only fill a gap but also raise the teaching standards of Zimbabwean teachers who they will interact with,” said Sen Coltart.

Sen Coltart said since this was a pilot programme the teachers would be based in three schools probably in urban areas.

“The teachers will be in the country for a year since this is a pilot programme. We will see how it works out first and if it is successful then it will be expanded,” he said.

Sen Coltart said this venture would be a boost to the education sector because a lot of Maths and science teachers left the country during 2007 and 2008.

“During 2007 and 2008 we lost 20 000 teachers including many of our best maths and science teachers most of whom we have not been able to replace. In the 1980s many teachers came from the UK, the USA and other countries. I hope that the Korean programme can be expanded and that we may also attract teachers from other nations to come and raise our educational standards until we have a full complement of Zimbabwean teachers,” said Sen Coltart.

The education sector is still recovering from a decade-long economic meltdown that saw most qualified teachers especially in the maths and science departments leaving for greener pastures outside the country.

Zim Eye

By Zim Eye Reporter

20 July 2013

Binga- Welshman Ncube’s MDC party is continuing with its campaign in rural and small towns of Zimbabwe in an effort to deliver its campaign message, ‘Devolution is our new revolution’

Today, the party anchors its ship in Binga where it says it has  successfully made the local language Tonga to be officially recognized, taught and examined in schools.

MDC Spokesperson Nhlanhla Dube speaking ahead of the Binga meeting where the party is to launch its manifesto said:

“Today the MDC will be launching it’s policy and manifesto documents in Binga. It is not an accident that we are doing this in this remote part of our country, it is a statement of intent and a celebration of diversity, celebrating the work done by many of our comrades such as Minister David Coltart who has worked tirelessly to make Tonga a recognized, taught and examined language. The policy and manifesto launch goes by the theme Devolution is Our New Revolution.”

When MDC’s David Coltart took over the Education portfolio in February 2009 he immediately declared that minority languages “deserve to be taught and spoken especially at schools where they are most predominant”.

“I am committed to minority languages. All indigenous languages are going to be taught in schools and for the first time, you are going to get books in indigenous languages,” Coltart said.

Future testing will also be done in other minority languages including Kalanga, Venda, Shangaan, Chewa (Nyanja), Nambya and Sotho.

Devolution has been one of the contentious issues in the just concluded new constitution  exercise, with a number of regions in the country crying foul that they are marginalized, feel dominated by central government and have seen very little or no development at all in their communities since independence in 1980.

The Herald

The Herald Reporter

20 July 2013

Ever asked yourself what people will remember you for when you are gone? Do we even allow ourselves to think of a time when we will no longer be there? It is a known fact that because we are human beings, there shall be a time when we will no longer be around on this earth and there has to be some form of legacy we leave behind surely?

I had a telephone conversation this week while chasing up a story for Star FM with the Minister of Education, Arts, Sport and Culture, David Coltart and he spoke about how young people in the country are losing it because there were not many positive older role models in society.

The minister and I were talking about how the country’s education sector is being adversely affected by HIV, which has seen some children being orphaned and having to drop out of school because there is no one to pay school fees for them.

He also touched on those children who are actually living with HIV, after being infected during and after birth, saying some of these children because of ill health do not regularly attend school and at times actually drop out completely, in the process destroying their future.

Minister Coltart also spoke about sugar daddies that prey on young girls as a serious challenge facing the young females of this country. And then he spoke about the behaviour of adults in the country which he said was no longer exemplary and as such is not helping young people much when it comes to positive modelling. Just what are we as adults of today teaching the children?

That got me thinking. A look at what is going on around us as a society will show that today people are just living for the moment. No one truly cares to think deeply about how some of the things and behaviour we practice today will affect the children, who happen to be tomorrow’s future. It is more like parents and adults are saying “do as I say and not as I do”.

Let us just look at the marriage institution today. Men and women today change partners as and when the feeling comes upon them. Divorce is no longer a word that people frown upon. It is no big deal.

We were laughing the other day with some family members that in the past by a certain age, both men and women were supposed to be married but nowadays what seems to matter is what one has accumulated in terms of personal wealth and not who they have in their life. In fact some younger nieces of mine were saying love is just overrated and it has become obvious to their generation that the more important thing is to go after money rather than love, which only brings with it heartache and HIV, they said before bursting up in giggles. One of them, who is in university said her mission in life is pretty simple in that all she has to go is get a job and a rich man who she would divorce after a couple of years, walking away with half his wealth.

I asked her why she would aspire to divorce and she said it was the in-thing plus relationships were just too taxing. This is what society has taught her.

Putting that conversation alongside the one held with Senator Coltart in my mind, I realised that the biggest problem we have today is that the children no longer have positive role models to look up to in the family and community. Every day they are waking up to images of men who are assaulting women. Every day they are waking up to reports of men who rape women and children.

They are seeing pictures of men and women who are cheating. They are faced by reports of acrimonious divorce cases each time they open the papers and magazines.

They are faced with violence everywhere, whether it is politically motivated or is happening in the domestic sphere. They are seeing society turning to guns, knives and fists to deal with problems.

Pornography has become easily available to them. The Internet, with all its advantages, also pollutes their minds if they go onto the wrong sites. Around them, instead of seeing adults and a society that advises them, they are faced with a society gone mad.

Young people of today are faced with adults who actually want to molest them, in the form of sugar daddies. They are surrounded by adults who change partners as if they are changing clothes. They are faced with adults who are violent towards each other. They are faced by adults who do not believe in dialogue as the best way to solve disputes.

They are faced by adults who do not participate in national processes such as voting. They are faced by adults who just complain. They are faced by adults who in some cases are lazy and do not pull their weight. They at times have fathers who need to be taken to court to provide for them.

They have parents who drink too much and talk too little. They are raised by parents who are absent, believing that what they are doing out there is more important than being there. In some cases the young people are raised by nobody and have to raise themselves.

Today’s young people have very few adults to look up to. There is a serious shortage of positive role models for them out there.

This brings me to the question I posed initially. As we live our lives, do we ever think what we want to be remembered for? As a parent and a leader, what do you want your children to remember when you have gone?

Is it the virtues of hard work, is it your honesty, is it your loving nature, is it your being there all the time you were needed, is it your strictness, is it your sense of responsibility, is it how you always treated your partner with love and respect, is it how you helped those around you?

Or shall it be about how many partners you had, how many people you duped, how many hearts you broke, how many people you robbed, how many people you fought with, among other such desirables?

Or maybe everyone will be so glad when you are gone that they will not want to remember anything?

Just think about it and who knows, we may all become better people.