Opinions

On electricity, block the lies, leakages

We can’t stop lamenting the parlous state of electricity generation, distribution and transmission in Africa’s most influential country. On Sunday, April 21, rainstorm did havoc to power installations around the …

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Selwyn Cudjoe as heir to C.L.R. James

On a chilly spring day, I arrived in the salubrious setting of Wellesley College in Massachusetts to honour towering Trinidadian Pan-African scholar, Selwyn Cudjoe, who was retiring from the liberal …

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Presidential monologue (17)

The above is from the play titled, ‘Julius Caesar’ by William Shakespeare. Through the character of Mark Anthony, he predicted a civil war and bloodbath in Italy, following the assassination …

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Maersk, Ngelale and needless diatribes

For democracy to thrive, it is imperative that various elements including opposition political parties, civil societies, faith and community-based organisations, the media, and citizens play their respective roles as watchdog …

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