Columns
Why Malawi’s chief salesman of words is not coming back to sell more words
By Edward Chisanga
On 25 February 2024, The Catholic Bishops of Malawi issued a pastoral letter entitled: “The sad story of Malawi.” The letter addressed several issues of concern to...
Columns
HH’s State of the Nation: A Masterful Audit of Progress, But the People’s Ledger Tells Another Story
HH’s State of the Nation: A Masterful Audit of Progress, But the People’s Ledger Tells Another Story
Lusaka Times Editor
President Hakainde Hichilema’s address to the...
Columns
Ministry of Foreign Affairs; what’s preventing you from helping us expose PF tribalism & regionalism?
When the Patriotic Front (PF) dethroned the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) from power in 2011, we took keen interest to dissect and scrutinize...
Columns
Will Pretoria Tell Hichilema “Hands Off Our Corpses?”
Kapya Kaoma
The courtroom drama in Pretoria should unsettle President Hichilema. On the surface, the case concerns where former Zambian President Edgar Lungu should be...
Columns
The Civil Service Zambia Needs After 60 Years Of Independence
By Shaddon Chanda
The politicisation of the Civil Service by political parties which get the instruments of power to run the country may...
Columns
Lungu Burial Saga Exposes Zambia’s Legal Vacuum
Opinion: Lungu Burial Saga Exposes Zambia’s Legal Vacuum
By Oliver Jangulo
The Pretoria High Court’s handling of the Edgar Lungu dispute has stripped bare an uncomfortable...
Columns
“Whose Body Is It?”: Clash Between State Power and Widow’s Rights
“Whose Body Is It?”: Clash Between State Power and Widow's Rights
By Guest Contributor - Musadabwe NgomaPublished: September 8, 2025
When former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu...
Columns
Public Order Act Dominates Headlines as It Survives Hichilema’s First Term
By Venus N Msyani
Public Order Act continues to dominate headlines in Zambia today, and not for the right reasons. Once intended to preserve peace...
Columns
Who runs the mines, commerce & industry in Zambia?
The other day, a concerned member of the public lamented that the young men and women working for foreign owned shops in the shopping...
Feature Column
Government, Lungu Family Enter Mediation to Break Funeral Deadlock
In a significant turn of events, the Government of Zambia and the family of the late Sixth Republican President, Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, have...
Columns
Can Mbita do what he did in 1990?
…can another MMD emerge…
By Gregory Mofu
Last friday, renowned politician Hon. Mbita Chitala announced a call for a national indaba under the National Consultative Conference...