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Feb 17, 2019 Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks
These are interesting times. Rumours are flying fast and furious to the extent that people are beginning to believe some of them. The architects of the rumours know what they are doing but they do not know the consequences.
One rumour would actually spark violence in a small community. The situation is going to scare some other people.
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Once more, the fires are with us. Another home is going to be destroyed east of the city. Again, electricity woes would be blamed, but the truth is that the wiring in the home would be faulty.
There would be no casualties but the loss would be horrendous.
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The rivers would once more claim a life, this time in a mining community. A group would be out raiding a claim when disaster would strike.
One of the raiders would be trapped by a collapsed wall.
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