Bread will follow democracy, not replace it

When a Speaker of the National Assembly suggests that democracy is somehow in competition with bread, it is time for the editorial page to respond. Democracy does not fail people. The failure to build democratic institutions that work is what leaves people hungry. There is a phrase making rounds in parliamentary circles on this continent, and it arrived in Maseru last week from the lips of the Speaker of Lesotho’s National Assembly, the Right Honourable Tlohang Sekhamane. Speaking at the…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...