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Class of 2020: Zambians who inspired last yearAcross 2020, 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 last year. In this article and the next, […]
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Why Shonga’s election marks a new phase in LAZ’s fall from graceIn July, members of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) elected at their Annual General Meeting a 15-member executive to replace the Eddie Mwitwa-led Council that had been in power since April 2018. The new […]
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We are the living dead: a tribute to DaevThe tragic death of Daev, one of Zambia’s most creative and talented singers, in a road traffic accident is a devastating loss. I am terribly sad for Zambia. We have lost a huge talent. Daev […]
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This is how President Lungu is planning to rig Zambia’s 2021 general electionELECTION rigging in many of Africa’s democracies occurs through a range of strategies, such as ballot-box stuffing, electoral bribery, violence against political opponents and the emasculation of the independent media that usually serve as the […]
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Why the Copperbelt remains Zambia’s factory of political changeTHE Copperbelt is a country. It has its own language (Town Bemba), culture and dynamism not found elsewhere in Zambia. Copperbelt citizens have shared livelihoods, experiences and networks to draw upon. This common identity gives […]
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The importance of transformational leadership in crisis situationsIn times of crisis, disruptions or significant challenges, transformational leaders holding public office should: Demonstrate competence to resolve the challenge at hand in a way that does not worsen the problem. Now, competence involves […]
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Leadership matters: remembering Levy MwanawasaOn 19 August 2008, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, died in a French hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke. Twelve years later, Mwanawasa remains as vivid in death as he was in […]
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A distinguished troublemaker: celebrating Simon Zukas at 95In April 1952, a 26-year old man stood before the Northern Rhodesia Chief Justice, who had been asked by the Attorney General to consider whether this young man was ‘a danger to peace and good […]
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Pilato, music and the grim social realities of our timeOn 5 January 2019, a 34-year old citizen was forced to flee Zambia after members of the governing Patriotic Front (PF) threatened to kill him. His crime? He composed and released a song with references […]
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‘We are a rhetoric people and that is what Lucy Sichone was not’‘Day by day, we seem to be left with a people who are embryos of themselves; people who never grow out of themselves. They dream and never work their dreams, hold visions and never live […]
