A silent nudge
Friday, December 05, 2025 | 10 Views |
A stranger’s laugh on a bus, the soft rain on a tin roof, a memory you thought you’d mislaid, suddenly everything leans forward, asking to be used.
It is quiet and persistent, this spark. It tugs at the sleeve during work, taps insistently at the ribs at midnight as sleep eludes. We pretend not to notice, but it is patient. It knows we will eventually answer.
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...