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Has the Law Association of Zambia finally been captured?Until recently, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has been a rare bright spot amid Zambia’s increasingly inactive and ineffective civil society movement. Under the leadership of Linda Kasonde, the association’s first female President, who […]
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Free to rot in poverty: the heart-breaking plight of Mpundu MutemboLast Friday, 25 May 2018, marked Africa Freedom Day. Like every year, our political leaders and foreign dignitaries gathered at State House to offer platitudes on African unity and freedom. Earlier, they had gone to […]
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Why Lungu is truly the President we deserve: he is a symptom of Zambia’s sicknessLast week, Zambians woke up to revelations that President Edgar Lungu owns an enormous piece of land in a prime area of eSwatini, as the Kingdom of Swaziland is now known, one on which he […]
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An open letter to President Edgar Lungu over human rightsDear President Lungu, I am writing to you today regarding the serious matter of the continued and unjustifiable incarceration of one of our fellow Zambians. The citizen in question is Fresher Siwale, leader of a […]
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What would the world miss about Zambia if we simply vanished tomorrow?A visitor to Zambia who restricts themselves to parts of Lusaka could be forgiven for thinking that they had entered a vibrant and developing nation. As they stroll around newly built shopping malls, usually packed […]
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Lessons from the local government by-electionsOn 24 April 2018, voters in 16 different wards spread across the country went to the polls to choose new representatives following a series of vacancies occasioned by the death or resignation of incumbent councillors. […]
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Lies, damned lies and delusion: ‘adotolo’ Chomba and our culture of mediocrityLast week, News Diggers published an exposé that accused the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, Edward Chomba, of misleading the nation about his academic achievements. Chomba, who was […]
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Your questions answered: on Rogan, constitutional amendments, and the UPNDToday’s article is dedicated to addressing a series of new and old questions posed by readers of my weekly political commentaries in this column. I have deliberately chosen to respond publicly rather than privately because […]
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Is Janet Rogan, the UNDP Resident Representative, undermining the UN’s neutrality in Zambia?Last Friday, Hakainde Hichilema, leader of Zambia’s main opposition, the United Party for National Development (UPND), accused United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Zambia, Janet Rogan, of having helped the ruling Patriotic Front […]
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FLASHBACK: Lungu needed Commonwealth to downplay treason humiliationOn 16 August, opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema walked to freedom after spending four months in detention. This moment was celebrated as a coup for the Commonwealth, a sign of […]
