Thursday, June 5, 2025

Columns

Having served once, Zambia was overly-obsessed to aim for second time AfDB President position

By Edward Chisanga The ignored, yet perhaps most deciding factor After reading comments about Zambia’s failed attempt to install its citizen, Samuel Maimbo into the post of African Development Bank President...

Zambia Needs More Teachers, Not Just Free Education

By Alexander Vomo The UPND government, under the leadership of President Hakainde Hichilema and through Education Minister Douglas Syakalima, has loudly celebrated the introduction of...

Cyber Law or Cyber Muzzle? Zambia’s Rights Body Warns Against Erosion of Expression Freedoms

Cyber Law or Cyber Muzzle? Zambia’s Rights Body Warns Against Erosion of Expression Freedoms By Chester Banda Lusaka, Zambia – Amid rising public concern over the...

The Fuel of Betrayal: How Zambia Pays the Price While Angola Pumps Prosperity

In a world where a mere kilometer can separate abundance from austerity, Zambia stands as a cautionary tale  a nation paying triple for fuel...

Trump’s threat to cut off HIV aid might be the wake-up call we need

Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South Africa’s Health Minister from 1999 to 2008, gained notoriety for promoting beetroot and other vegetables as treatments for HIV/AIDS. She...

The Conflict Between Alice Lenshina Mulenga and 1964 Government

BOOK REVIEW By Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Emeritus Professor of Sociology Introduction A large, excited ululating crowd had gathered and created a circle in the middle of...

Constitutional Overhaul or Power Play? Hichilema’s Reforms Draw Fury

Constitutional Overhaul or Power Play? Hichilema’s Reforms Draw Fury Lusaka — It takes a special kind of political amnesia to oppose a constitutional amendment while...

Africa Freedom Day:Does It Honour The Ideals Of Pan-Africanism

By Shaddon Chanda The Pan-African congresses Every year African countries commemorate Africa Day or Africa Freedom Day which is broadly in honour of the...

Open letter to President Hakainde Hichilema

A Heartfelt Appeal for Justice, National Reconciliation, and Institutional Reform Mr President, I extend warm regards and deep respect as a fellow Zambian who believes deeply...

Trump ambushes South Africa’s Ramaphosa in Oval Office meeting

Donald Trump began an Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa by unexpectedly screening a video making false claims of anti-white discrimination...

Former President Joe Biden Diagnosed with Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Former U.S. President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones, according to...