Sishuwa Sishuwa, Author at Zambia: News Diggers!

Sishuwa Sishuwa is the last Zambian nationalist. He is obsessed with all things Zambian, particularly politics and history which he teaches when UNZA is not closed. Sishuwa is a cadre of Nkana Football Club and loves Keith Mlevu's 1976 song, "Ubuntungwa".

4 Aug 2017 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Understanding the rift between Lungu and LAZ

On 17 July 2017, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) issued a press statement on the legality and extent of the threatened state of emergency declared by President Edgar Lungu 12 days earlier and subsequently […]

6 Jul 2017 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

The deadly silence of Zambia’s intelligentsia on public discourse

What do Zambia’s intellectuals (those trained in a particular discipline and attached to a university faculty) think about the pitiful state of our existence today, including what is happening in North-Western Province, where we, as […]

14 Jun 2017 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

The wholesale suspension of UPND MPs: legal but undemocratic

On 13 June 2017, Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini suspended 48 opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) members of parliament for 30 days for missing President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation […]