Mmegi

A quiet erosion

Adventure often begins with a question mark, and few settings carried more mystery than a steam train cutting through the African night of days bygone.

The carriages swayed with an almost artful rhythm, the whistle echoing across vast stretches of wilderness where electricity was scarce and darkness pressed close.

Smoke curled into a sky jewelled with stars, as if the locomotive were sketching secret maps amongst the constellations.

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Medicine before ConCourt

Yet, while this crisis ravages the communities, the administration is championing a major, resource-intensive legal reform and the establishment of a dedicated Constitutional Court. While the principle of strengthening constitutional justice is commendable, the timing is profoundly misplaced. When the President himself admits the government coffers are limited, every thebe and every moment of political capital must be directed towards the...

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