End the pointless ritual in the Presidency
Analysis by Mphatso Moses Kaufulu Ritual has its purpose — yet ritual can also obscure and impede what is important. One place where ritual has become particularly paralyzing is within the Office of President and Cabinet. Firstly, the terms ‘Excellency’ and ‘Right Honorable’ which are often followed by other excessively deferential verbosity such as ‘It has pleased his/her excellency’ and so on, neither establish nor sustain the presidency. They are titles infinitesimally small in comparison to the people’s vote…