Instead of crisis committees, government should revisit proposals already put forward by business, writes Pali Lehohla.
11 June 2023 - 00:00In Chinua Achebe’s book No Longer at Ease, Obi Okonkwo, a UK-trained English graduate discusses the notion of “tragedy” with the chair of the public service. Okonkwo's definition of tragedy is a swift event with a sorrowful end. The chair argues instead that, as he learnt from an old man in his village, “life was like a bowl of wormwood which one sips a little at a time world without end. He understood the nature of tragedy.” ..
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