Columns
The Myth of 2.8 million: Why Minus 9.2% Could Make Bally a One Term President
By Kapya Kaoma
Bally's victory of 2.8 million votes in the 2021 elections was big. Since then, Bally worshipers have weaponized his 2.8 million votes to silence their opponents. Yet 2.8 million is useless--how people voted in 2021, and...
Columns
Encroachment in National Forests: Challenges and Possibilities
By Musyani Siame
Over time, Zambia’s national forest reserves have undergone tremendous changes as a result of encroachment coupled with the impacts of climate change. Since time immemorial, people have always illegally settled in national forest reserves and as they...
Columns
Part II: The Significance of the Nomenclatures and Artistic Value of Our Zambian Indigenous Languages: Tumbuka Language Example
By Mwizenge S, Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology
The structure of the Tumbuka language includes investigating the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of the language. In explaining these four characteristics of the Tumbuka language, I will draw...
Columns
The Lusaka Playhouse and the case of our collective destructive gene as a nation
By Sampa Kabwela
The destruction of the Lusaka Playhouse, I am afraid, represents a pattern I have seen across the country and among us, as Zambians; the effortless ability to destroy anything in our path, including indestructible things.
I have come...
Columns
What Kind of President Does Zambia Really Need
By Sean Tembo - PeP President
1. Today, our country faces huge economic challenges, with the majority of citizens being driven deeper and deeper into poverty and squalor due to the ever-escalating cost of living. This is despite the...
Columns
HH at the Mining Indaba – Is this a worthy trip?
By Chimwemwe Mwanza
So deeply polarised is the Zambian political landscape that the citizenry prefers to dissect burning socio-economic and political issues through the lens of partisan politics.
Here in lies a danger. While opportunistic criticism and often a times lacking...
Columns
Vedanta, the Grave Digger of Hichilema’s Political Career
By.James Musonda (PhD)
Socio-political anthropologist, Université de Liége, Belgium
Summary
This article argues that the political future and relevance of the Zambian president presently rests on the decision his government will make on Konkola Copper Mines. If they give KCM to Vedanta,...
Columns
There is Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Field Ruwe EdD
A Tragic Phenomenon
The light at the end of the tunnel is no longer an approaching train but a single flickering ray of hope in each one of us. All we need to do, in unison, is...
Columns
President Hichilema at the Indaba for 4 days is not a good way of managing the his time
By Bowman Lusambo
We are told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation that President Hakainde Hichilema will spend four days in Cape Town, South Africa attending the Africa Mining Indaba.
The Head of State is due to address...
Columns
In Crosshairs … On President Hakainde Hichilema’s Dalliance with America
By Dr Canisius BANDA Development Activist
________________
ZAMBIA is now on the edge of a precipice of instability. You see, Zambia's foreign policy has come off its wheels. It is now on the wrong path. Gradually, and firmly, we...
- Advertisement -
Latest News
Sylvia Masebo Compound Residents in Chongwe cry for water
Residents of Ngwerere east compound popularly known as Sylvia Masebo compound in Chongwe district have appealed to government to...