Guest Diggers
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Is Hichilema the lapdog of Zambia’s mining companies?In the 2019 national budget, the Minister of Finance proposed a few changes to Zambia’s mining tax regime. As well as introducing a 1.5 per cent increase in mineral royalty rates, Margaret Mwanakatwe also imposed […]
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He is not Lungu. But what else does Hichilema offer Zambian voters?Appearing on Radio Christian Voice’s Chat Back programme last week, opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema revealed that mining companies in Zambia have told him that they cannot wait for him […]
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Zambia needs increased participation of road safety insurance companiesZambia’s current flurry of road traffic accidents represents a growing economic problem, as well as slowly evolving into a public health concern; while posing an increasingly challenging social question. In context, the economic costs associated […]
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Class of 2018: Zambians who gravely disappointed last yearIn contrast to the shortage of authentic, consistent heroes in public life, Zambia had a huge surplus of disappointing individuals and institutions in 2018, as the competition for uninspiring conduct grew even fiercer. Indeed, such […]
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Class of 2018: Zambians who inspired last yearAcross 2018, 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 […]
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Things to leave behind in 2019Thing one — the innate behaviour so common in most black Zambians, including myself, of bestowing undue privilege to people of other races on colour value, often at our expense, must be unlearned. This propensity […]
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Let’s pause! Let’s talk coalitions and 2021!As promised in our earlier article that we shall time and again pause policy issues to discuss pressing national issues, this week we shall dedicate time to discuss coalitions without jeopardising the unity being exhibited […]
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Commercialising the small ruminants value chain will have broad and significant socioeconomic impact on rural livelihoods in ZambiaOn the 21st September of 2018, News Diggers published my article titled, “Is Zambia ready for the Saudi Arabian goat and sheep export market?” The article is available here. In that article, I made a […]
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When Giving Life Ends in Death: The Face of Maternal and Infant Mortality in ZambiaI recently came across the story of a young African-American man, Charles Johnson IV, who is fighting for legislation to increase the quality of health care to reduce maternal mortality among African-American women. His own […]
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Why women leaders need protection from CyberbullyingA few years ago, I heard a podcast in which the Swedish Foreign Minister was explaining why it is important to have more women in leadership. She told a story about a fight between two […]
