Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:19:14 +0000 …to stop being partisan By Annie Zulu TRADITIONAL leaders must stop the attitude of publicly showing or declaring their support for leaders of political parties, Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Lawrence Sichalwe has warned. In an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Sichalwe advised traditional leaders that such attitudes would reduce the respect of their subjects and expose them to public ridicule. “Traditional leaders are leaders of respective communities with a huge support base and are highly revered in the country. “It is against this background that it is imperative for chiefs or traditional rulers to stay away from politics, to avoid the situation where they would pave the way for their subjects to openly disrespect them in the name of politics,” Mr Sichalwe said. He pointed out that being a traditional leader was an honourable and enviable title, and that not many were privileged to bear that title. […]
