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Sishuwa Sishuwa

Sishuwa Sishuwa is a historian by training, a sharp critic of authoritarian rule by temperament, and the last Zambian nationalist. He is obsessed with all things Zambian, particularly politics and history which he studied and now breathes. Sishuwa is a cadre of Nkana football club and loves Keith Mlevu’s 1976 song, “Ubuntungwa”.

8 May 2025 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Rodger Chongwe: who was he?

One of Zambia’s legal giants, Rodger Masauso Alivas Chongwe, died on Tuesday this week aged 86. Born in Chipata on 2 October 1938, Chongwe attended primary school in the same district before he went to […]

9 Nov 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Who will win Zambia’s 2026 election?

The answer is that, at this stage, I do not know. There are so many variables that are yet to be determined, though it is fair to say that as of today, many people in […]

15 Sep 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Understanding Hichilema’s ‘threat’ to delay Zambia’s 2026 election

On 13 September 2024, President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of Zambia’s constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a report on the progress made in the […]

19 Aug 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

A Letter to Maureen Mwanawasa

Dear Maureen, Your departure was sudden. Were you in a hurry to meet up with your husband? It is not lost on us that he too died unexpectedly in the month of August, exactly sixteen […]

26 Jul 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

The pathology of power

Growing up in Zambia, I often travelled by minibus, the main mode of public transportation. I was always amazed and quite ashamed for doing nothing about the way the conductor, ‘call boy’ in common parlance, […]

23 Jul 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Hichilema is slowly building a coalition of opposition against himself

What has largely determined the legacy of successive presidents of Zambia – except Kenneth Kaunda’s – is their attitude towards corruption. Zambians love, trust, and respect a national leader who shows clear or demonstrable will […]

12 Jun 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

This is how Hichilema is using lawfare to subvert democracy

When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare, as this strategy is popularly known, has been a constant theme […]

29 Jan 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Compromised by politics? A response to ‘The Judiciary of Zambia’

On 19 January 2024, I wrote a short article in which I asked why all the four cases involving the State-supported Miles Sampa versus the main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) were only allocated to judges […]

14 Jun 2023 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Why I do what I do

Whenever I hold our elected public leaders to account, some in our country, largely those whose ability to reason is never beyond an adhominem attack – are quick to accuse me of working to advance […]

26 Jan 2023 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

They were clad in decent clothes. They spoke very well, in tongues I could readily understand. They were the kind of people that inspired trust. And trust them I did. They followed me. They came […]