Let's overhaul our work ethics to hasten progress

Devidends of time well spent at the workplace cannot be gainsaid. [iStockphoto]

Employment as introduced back in colonial days in most of Africa was oftentimes regarded more as an extension of bondage or conscription to servitude and far from an honourable or dignifying engagement.

That should explain why, to this day, the mentality of 'stealing mzungu's time' persists even when the dividends of time well spent at the workplace cannot be gainsaid.