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Behold! We are now living in "age of the Rachet"

                       The age of the ratchet is upon us

A rat is a rodent. A hatchet is a small axe-like contraption used for cutting. If you combine the two words, you get the word ‘rachet’ – which means rat-like behaviour (especially by women) which cuts deeply into society’s mores, and more so, morals.

Like the behaviour captured at Masaku by Pulse in the recently concluded ‘Masaku 7s’ rugby tournament which the NACADA nanny Mututho wants to ban for exhibiting behaviour worse than displayed at ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ (like he was there!). What he really means is that the behaviour was ‘rachet.’

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