THERE are moments in public discourse when silence from oversight institutions becomes more worrying than the statement that provoked the debate in the first place. The remarks by Ministry of Information Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana, confidently downgrading the opposition and declaring victory for the ruling UPND cannot be ignored by all of us. Someone has to stand up and say it as it is – PS Kawana is offside and he must be censured. We know our brother Kawana is a UPND member. In fact, to borrow his own words from previous public utterances, he is a staunch UPND cadre. There is nothing illegal or immoral about belonging to a political party. However, the moment one is appointed into the...