A fresh vision needed
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
While the hope has been that Matambo would resign because he could not very well carry on in his onerous office with the encumbrance of litigation, we seem to be stuck with another addition to a growing list of leaders who are far from being beyond reproach.
Nevertheless, we hope that Matambo will deliver a budget with a fresh vision for an economy that needs a new impetus. We are aware that since he was appointed to his position, Matambo has presented neither a surplus nor a balanced budget.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...