Sunday, May 11, 2025

Columns

Zambia; a laughing stock for First Lady’s exorbitant trip to the US to collect 23-34 year old Fire trucks

On the 19th January 2019 the First lady of Zambia, Esther Lungu arrived in Los Angeles for what the government described as a launch...

Let the looting continue! Explaining the response to Congo’s chaotic election

By Sishuwa Sishuwa On 30 December 2018, voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) went to the polls to choose a successor to President...

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;...

‘Saving Wakanda from Creeping Dictatorship’

By Linda Kasonde Wakanda is a fictional East African paradise made famous by the 2018 blockbuster film ‘Black Panther’. It is a well-developed, high-tech, highly...

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...

The Plight of a Former Zambian Vice President

By Dr Nevers Sekwila Mumba My heart goes out to the family of the late former Vice President Lupando Mwape. This is a difficult time...

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...

Zambia’s untold story: High youth unemployment, a ticking time bomb as youth commits suicide

By Kalima Nkonde Story highlights Orphaned Youth with Mathematics university degree in education commits suicide after failing to get a teaching job for three years...