As I see it
Friday, January 20, 2012
Charles Mackay writing in 1841 states: "In reading the history of nations, we find that like individuals they have their whims and their peculiarities; their seasons of excitement and recklessness when they care not what they do.
We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, until their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first. ....Men, it has been....said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly and one by one."
As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...