Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:37:02 +0000 By Thembani M. Tembo AS we embark on this auspicious journey of patriotic articulation, isn’t it ironic how after the invocation of Article 31 the storm has seemingly subsided? But we’ve learnt to be sadder but wiser and not misconstrue this elephant in the room for a fly, and attempt to kill it with a swatter, but rather hold it by the tasks for this may just be the lull before the storm. The more the reason the Catholic Bishops lead by the opinionative Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu paid a courtesy call on the Head of State last week to seek an amicable solution to our contemporary political divide. Last week, with the help of Pamela Paglia’s work in Sudan and other African countries, we discussed how colonialism shaped Africa’s postcolonial states in mainly six ways. We divulged how it left Africa with fragile economies; weak political institutions; legitimised […]
