THE THIRD UMPIRE

ZWELI MKHIZE

If SA was not asleep at the wheel when other countries were getting their orders in for Covid-19 vaccines, as the health minister would have us believe, why are we paying more than double the going rate for our measly allocation from India?

JOE BIDEN

The US president has wasted no time reversing his predecessor’s more controversial policies, including those on immigration, health, the environment and racial justice, signalling a return to the US’s past multilateral diplomatic approach.

EDGAR LUNGU

Zambia has a history of playing hard ball with foreign mining investors, only to come crawling back when things fall apart in their absence, and there is every chance of history being repeated now that Switzerland’s Glencore has thrown in the towel.