Guest Diggers

It is a very honorific thing to be called a philosopher. You may be a politician, driver, engineer, physician, pilot, teacher, novelist. The moment someone calls you a philosopher, you become lightheaded with euphoria. To […]

A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE LAW ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA STATEMENT OF 12TH MARCH 2020 STRONGLY CONDEMNING JOHN SANGWA S.C AND RODGER M.A. CHONGWE FOR QUESTIONING THE QUALIFICATIONS, INTEGRITY, PROPRIETY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL […]

On Prime TV and on a live programme organised by News Diggers (28.02.2020), Father Chikoya of the Council of Churches in Zambia argued: “The church overall should re-evaluate its relationship [with the state]. This close […]

On 23 February 2020, Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano appeared on Sunday Interview, a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation television programme hosted by Grevazio Zulu every Sunday evening that typically consists […]

OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA DR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU Comrade President, It was not my intention to repeat this subject to you Comrade President. Neither is it my […]

Introduction Since its birth in 2016, the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs (MNGRA) has been surrounded in controversy. The Ministry was formed without a proper raison d’être. Thus, congratulating the Ministry’s first Minister, […]

In contrast to the shortage of authentic, consistent heroes in public life, Zambia had a huge surplus of disappointing individuals and institutions in 2019, as the competition for uninspiring conduct grew even fiercer. Indeed, such […]

In the first week of January 2020, Social Media was full of pictures showing the effects of flash floods in Mambwe District. Over 50 families were displaced with crops destroyed. A photo, which caught my […]

The Patriotic Front government’s legalisation of marijuana for commercial and medicinal purposes is a welcome, if overdue, development. It is a victory of reason over vocal opposition likely from those who neither research nor smoke […]

Across 2019, 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 […]