New party, centre-left agenda needed
Friday, April 09, 2010
The words were prophetic in light of the abysmal failure of the opposition parties to seize the critical moment when they could have achieved the feat Seretse referred to. There are two instances in which that critical moment presented itself: in 1999 and in 2009.
Going to 1999, it had become evident that the miners would not reap any more than a miserly wage from the profits at the mines. Any benefit, as happens in all crude pseudo capitalist economies run under the dictatorship of the propertied, would go to the state. The state bureaucrats only received marginal benefits as the finance ministers announced at the budget sessions that the government would soon have to rely on diamond revenues to replenish the recurrent budget, something that that the 'planners' did not like to do.
These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...