Bad weather on polling day is the enemy of any government seeking re-election and the FijiFirst government was out of luck as the heavens opened across the Fiji Group on Wednesday November 14 2018. Fijians woke to torrential rain and flooding that would eventually force the suspension of voting at 26 polling stations until the following Saturday. I … [Read more...] about # INSIDE THE 2018 FIJIFIRST ELECTION DEBACLE
#FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE CIVIL SERVICE
The great cigar-chomping American comedian, George Burns – with the wisdom of someone who lived to 100 – once said something that applies to the Fijian civil service as much as it does to far too many bureaucracies the world over: “Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair”. Add to that … [Read more...] about #FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE CIVIL SERVICE
# DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH AIYAZ
“I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date”, laments the White Rabbit to Alice in the Disney adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. At 7.30 pm on the evening of Friday, July 17, 2020, Fiji’s Attorney General and Minister of Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, had a very important date with the nation to deliver … [Read more...] about # DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH AIYAZ
# SIGN UP FOR GRUBSHEET
Having just relaunched, Grubsheet is still something of a work in progress and I soon hope have more photos and video clips. But you can now enter your email address in the right hand column above my profile to subscribe to Grubsheet and receive notifications of new posts by email. I'm aiming to post a substantial article every Friday, with others … [Read more...] about # SIGN UP FOR GRUBSHEET
# MAYDAY AT FIJI AIRWAYS
The CEO of Fiji Airways, Andre Viljoen, has a reputation in the aviation industry for not only being competent but tough as nails. As a former President and CEO of South African Airways and CEO of Air Mauritius, even the most challenging times in Fiji pale into insignificance compared with Viljoen’s experiences in the wilds of southern Africa and … [Read more...] about # MAYDAY AT FIJI AIRWAYS
# AS I WAS SAYING…
Six years, 72 months, more than two thousand days. It’s been a long silence but Grubsheet is back. After six years, I am rejoining the national debate in Fiji by relaunching the blog I began writing almost 12 years ago. This first article since the hiatus is unashamedly personal and some may regard it as self-indulgent. It is unquestionably direct … [Read more...] about # AS I WAS SAYING…