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Draconian Liquor Laws Have No Place In A Secular State
At the stroke of midnight on 16 December 1920, the United States went dry. It marked the moment when the 18th Amendment, known as the Volstead Act took effect. The Act prohibited the manufacture, sale and possession of alcohol. Commonly referred to as the Prohibition, it lasted for thirteen years.The Eight Percent
To comment, despite knowing very little or not to comment at all? That’s the problem with government budgets, isn’t it? On the one hand, there is invariably the quoted reaction of the economists, who know and, on the other, the response of the man in the street, who doesn’t. In between those two, there is not much. Take the eight percent salary increase for civil servants. On what basis was this decision made?Debt Relief Initiatives Are Deadly Traps
This is a continuation of the mission to expose as false and dangerous the beliefs held by some Africans about Africa and the West. Last week, I discussed how the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) with their prescriptive ‘free’ market economic policy measures were deliberately designed to keep African and other developing countries economically weak and dependent on the West.Who Is Chimidza Trying To Fool?
I have read with disbelief the misrepresentations Chimbidzani Chimidza - who calls himself the national chairman of the Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU) - has been telling the nation.
Chimidza doesn’t even follow the constitution of the organisation he purports to represent.
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