The good, the bad and ugly side of technology

With the constitution review now suspended, the general mood across the country is one of frustration and even anger--not least because of the cost implications. So far, we have spent up to Sh21 billion on phase 1 and Phase 2--running from February 2014 to October 4--during which the focus was on debating the proposals in the second draft.

The BBC's Piers Edwards looks at the key issues, including shirt sponsorship, around which South Africa's Tokyo Sexwale is campaigning for the Fifa presidency.

We all have at least one or two bad habits, but did you know that these habits aren’t necessarily bad, and in fact can improve your life?

Nail Biting – although it’s considered a bad habit by society, humans have been biting their nails since the dawn of time. Nail biting prevents your nails from getting too long and breaking or cutting you and it exposes you to tiny amounts of bacteria from residue under your nails. Research shows that exposure to small amounts of bacteria on a regular...

Life can be funny at times to the extent that a funeral becomes comical affair.

Satirist asks if political dynasties can be a good thing

Atsede Nguse's husband disfigured her in Ethiopia, but well-wishers have helped her recovery.

>The line between good and evil is permeable,” says psychologist Philip Zimbardo, “and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.”  As Zimbardo and other social scientists have shown in a range of experiments, actions we deem evil — cheating, lying, stealing, and worse — don’t spring from people’s character, but the situations they find themselves in.

The revelation that over 95 per cent of students who sat for the 2013/2014 national exams passed is supposed to be good news to the entire country but it hasn’t been received well by some education stakeholders.

>Ever since our independence, Tanzania has been a unique country for its tranquillity. Its people, by and large, had deep respect for the law. The executive also respected the law, so did the other arms of state - the judiciary and the legislature. Disrespect for the law was both stigmatic and consequential.