Back Bencher

One step forward, two steps backwards

Honourable Folks, a fact we can’t ignore as we begin the count-down to the New Year is that we shall…

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Mandela: there must be one like him

Honourable Folks, for reasons beyond my control, I didn’t have an early opportunity to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, my…

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Which ‘well-wisher’ is footing the President’s endless flights?

Honourable folks, I was one of the millions of people across the world glued to their TV sets on Tuesday…

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My take on Escom tariff hearings

Honourable Folks, I use electricity for lighting, heating water and cooking. Most of the appliances in the home—computers, TV, fridges,…

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Where’s JB in cash-gate?

Honourable Folks, where’s President Joyce Banda in the cash-gate scandal? I’m not questioning whether she’s implicated or not. Nothing known…

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Mkwezalamba is pushing it

Honourable Folks, so the cash-gate is a crisis, uh? International Monetary Fund (IMF) may say so but, by their actions,…

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Aid freeze just as bad as looting

Honourable Folks, while public discourse is centred on the arrests of people in connection with the shooting of budget director…

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One step forward, two steps backwards

Honourable Folks, when we queue up to vote in May next year, let the vote be about reclaiming our country…

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Corruption and the presidency

Honourable Folks, the drama unfolding at Capital Hill, code-named cash-gate, poses a difficult question for voters in the 2014 elections:…

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This too is graft, why no action?

Honourable Folks, government has moved in with speed to curb the enrichment of civil servants and other unscrupulous suppliers of…

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