Dar es Salaam, Sept. 16 -- THE fact need not be over-stated, and yet, certain circumstances dictate we do so, whenever they crop up and threaten to mess up our livelihoods.

Only people of unsound mind, plus those who are essentially okay upstairs but mischievously choose to be naughty, know the risks inherent in courting behavioural trends that place their own welfare, and in extreme cases their very lives at great risk.

Being as populated by human beings as other countries are, Tanzania is no exception to behaviours - by way of opinions and actions - that are self-destructive.

At a higher level, the consequences are not confined to the culprits, but engulf many people with whom they relate, from family level and broader communities. ...