DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 5 -- “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure,” Nelson Mandela 1994 FOR many people, 2025 will remain an annus horribilis. Years come and go, but some refuse to loosen their grip. They leave behind a residue of exhaustion, of grief half-processed, of political and personal disorientation.

When a year closes under the weight of relentless events, it becomes strangely difficult to recognise that a new calendar year has arrived at all. And yet it has. It is 2026. It is imperative to have selfintrospection, seek advice from people we truly trust, where necessary support, for in every dawn of a new year, if habits dont change, you wont have a new year, but you wil...