Minister of General Education David Mabumba says all the 388,331 pupils who sat for the Grade 7 examinations in 2018 passed. But the Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) is warning stakeholders that this is […]

We have observed for some time now that whenever State House Press Aide Amos Chanda is interviewed by local and international media on press freedom standards in Zambia, he never misses a line that says: […]

There is one advantage that an older person has over a younger person. It is that an older person has been young before. But a young person has never been old before. That advantage that […]

As observed by development activist and entrepreneur Patrick Sikana, Zambia is very good at setting up commissions of inquiry to find out what everybody already knows, but we can’t find enough money to find out […]

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All power should be checked. No one should exercise power that cannot be checked. When that happens in any system, you must know that the system has crossed from the civilised exercise of power to […]

Professor Nkandu Luo was an awful choice for Minister of Higher Education. You just have to listen to her to appreciate that she has no energy to run such a demanding ministry of colleges and […]

What is left to say about our Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa that we haven’t said already? Nothing! But yet, it is still so hard to ignore his continued controversy. Today we find ourselves still asking […]

We are elated to see that the opposition in Zambia has decided to unite and speak with one voice on various issues affecting citizens. We are told that this coalition is not about supporting one […]

Former Attorney General Musa Mwenye State Counsel has made a very good observation about how African governments react and treat citizens who criticize bad decisions. He says such oppressive regimes often abuse words like “patriotism” […]