UPND’s Panicking over HH and his alleged support for Homosexuals further Exposes the Party’s Duplicity
By Canisius BANDA Development Activist
As if caught in an embarrassing unnatural sexual act, the UPND now has egg on its face.
It is ashamed.
Aware that a most terrible political mistake, faux pas, has been made by its life leader Hakainde HICHILEMA, the UPND now is...
Why Tribalphobia is Zambia’s biggest threat?
By Chimwemwe Mwanza
Whip-up a lie so hard, it will turn into truth. Propagandist, Joseph Goebbels of the Nazis and his master Adolph Hitler adopted this maxim to greater efficiency leaving in their trail, a wrought of historic devastation.
Across the Great Lakes region, the Hutu’s...
Knowledge of Facts and Explanation of Facts
I believe we can learn something from the philosophy of science: Knowledge of Facts i.e., what happened? Knowledge of facts is available to everyone who has seen, observed or heard about something. For example: if there is political violence (as a fact) during campaigns,...
We have created and earned him: Why Lungu remains Zambia’s President
By Sishuwa Sishuwa
For a long time now, many of us have complained, sometimes with very persuasive arguments, that Zambia is where it is today because of bad leadership at the national level. We explain our country’s deepening crisis, illustrated by extreme cultural and material...
Running with the President
By Nicky Shabolyo
Perhaps one of today’s most trending topics in Lusaka, if not the country, is the one on the early morning workouts led by Zambia’s President, His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu. A good number of individuals of various standing in society have...
Part 2: National Dialogue – Compromised Parties and leaders?
By Isaac Mwanza
Introduction
In the last article, I discussed the issues under dispute which some fellow citizens thought to be subject to the national dialogue; I also pointed out that there could be an iceberg factor, that is, issues which the parties would not want...
Part 1: National Dialogue – Defining disputed issues
By Isaac Mwanza
Introduction
ZAMBIA is currently embroiled in the never-ending discussion on the national political dialogue process, a combination of words that became so famous after the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Right Hon Patricia Scotland, QC's visit to Zambia from 7 to 10 August, 2017 although...
Is Hichilema the lapdog of Zambia’s mining companies?
By Sishuwa Sishuwa
In the 2019 national budget, the Minister of Finance proposed a few changes to Zambia’s mining tax regime. As well as introducing a 1.5 per cent increase in mineral royalty rates, Margaret Mwanakatwe also imposed a 5 per cent import duty on...
Dancing with White Shadows: An analysis of the captive mind – Chitimukulu
By Henry Kanyanta Sosala
PART II
Consequences of Cultural Genocide
Culture which I like to refer to within the current African context as "the effort to try to find one’s real self.’" It has been rightly said, ‘’Anyone who has a quarrel with the past, loses the...
Class of 2018: Zambians who inspired last year
By Sishuwa Sishuwa
Across 2018, Zambia experienced no shortage of disappointments and setbacks. Yet there are some individuals whose courage and principles made them inspiring figures in the political landscape. In this and the next article, I list two sets of citizens of 2018: those...
How Zambia Loses Billions of Dollars in illicit Outflows, Fueling Excessive Debt and Low Foreign Reserves
….Mines’ threat of mass layoffs upsets government and Zambians……
By Kalima Nkonde
Story Highlights
The bottom line is that illicit financial flows leads to a loss of resources on the part of the government, and the resources are actually lost into foreign hands. Our call as...
Dancing With White Shadows: An Analysis Of The Captive Mind – Chitimukulu
By Henry Kanyanta Sosala
PART I
Preamble.
In the first place, I would be remiss if I don’t tell a little bit about myself. I am a free-thinker and a free-thinker is supposed to be audacious i.e., to be extremely bold, daring, recklessly brave and fearless. Aristotle...
When Giving Life Ends in Death: The Face of Maternal and Infant Mortality in Zambia
By Linda Kasonde
I recently came across the story of a young African-American man, Charles Johnson IV, who is fighting for legislation to increase the quality of health care to reduce maternal mortality among African-American women. His own wife died after delivering a healthy baby...
Patriotism is an inescapable and compelling moral imperative for all citizens-Chikwanda
Patriotism (Love And Duty To The Country) Is An Inescapable And Compelling Moral Imperative For All Citizens
By A. B. Chikwanda
A country may be characterized or defined by a diversity of physical features such as mountains, rivers and peculiarities. All told, what constitutes a country...
Elias Chipimo says he believes the Constitutional Court misdirected itself on the Eligibility Case
Summary Analysis of the Constitutional Court Decision That the Presidential Tenure From 25 January, 2015-13 September, 2016 Did Not Constitute a Full Term
By Elias C. Chipimo
Origin of the Three Year Partial Term Rule
Under Zambia's Republican Constitution, the rule about a presidential term not qualifying...
