Upton* Sinclair’s quip that “it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it”, best sums up the presidential press secretary’s response on whether president Nangolo Mbumba is an acting president…

A cursory reading of the Hinda v Amupanda judgement hints at a subtle but major mistake by the court, similar to that made by the apex court in South Africa in the case of Le Roux v Dey. In the…