How Mpai fell

Since the mysterious resignation of the Managing Director of one of the biggest local banks, Barclays Bank Botswana, on Wednesday last week, the corporate world has been seized with anxiety as they try to find the answer to a curious question: Did Mpai jump or he was pushed?

Did Mpai jump because they were going to push him anyway, or did they push him because he was going to jump anyway? Or put a little differently, did Mpai jump when they were about to push him, or did they push him when he was about to jump?