‘Mediation’ shouldn’t be first step of Musonge/Ngwane Commission

By Franklin Sone Bayen Mooted plans for members of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism to go to the field (in the coming days, according to some hints) and “mediate” with Anglophone opinion leaders are ill-advised. They would be sheer distraction from the crux of the matter. Their move would be seen by expectant masses as little more than a hurried ploy to earn undeserved outstation allowances out of the 700 million FCFA poured into their purse to give them a jump-start. The commission must first establish its credibility, make itself trustworthy and be seen to…