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    Sishuwa Sishuwa
    Sishuwa Sishuwa
    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".
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    • 26 Jan 2023
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    A Nightmare

    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 to my compound, a slum. Just like my fellow community members, I lived in a shack made of cardboard and...
    • 22 Dec 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    Why Hichilema is adored abroad but a disappointment at home

    Despite his lack of significant domestic achievements and rising discontentment with his leadership in Zambia, President Hakainde Hichilema has a remarkably positive image abroad. There are two major reasons for this. The first is that Hichilema, who came to power in August 2021, is benefiting from a favourable comparison to what came before him and...
    • 21 Oct 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    A false dawn? Be worried, Zambia

    After coming to power via a democratic election, President Hakainde Hichilema and the ruling UPND have manipulated the Electoral Commission of Zambia and the judicial process to exclude key opposition candidates from the ballots taking place today. At the heart of these manoeuvres is the fear of defeat to the excluded candidates and the desire...
    • 13 Sep 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest, but not so the past

    Many Africans’ largely unsympathetic reaction to the death of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has come as a surprise to the average British person. This is hardly surprising. Given the passage of time and the Queen’s old age, most British people either do not associate her with the British Empire, do not know much about...
    • 25 Aug 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    An assessment of President Hichilema’s first year in Zambia

    Nothing demonstrates Zambia’s political polarisation quite as much as the responses to the basic question: how much has President Hakainde Hichilema accomplished in his first year in office? Where his supporters see total economic transformation and democratic renewal since his inauguration a year ago today, his critics see sustained decline and an abject failure of...
    • 8 Jul 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    In the end, he was, like the rest of us, simply human: remembering Kenneth Kaunda

    Summary: It is impossible to talk about Kenneth Kaunda without timelines. He defies a general or linear description. He was, at different times, many things good or many things bad about people. In the end, he was, like the rest of us, simply human. Kaunda’s place in Zambia’s political history is guaranteed by the fact...
    • 17 Apr 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    Understanding the manoeuvres to remove the DPP from office

    Despite the security of tenure provided to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), nearly every new president of Zambia ousts the DPP they find in office and installs their own to help them deal with their political opponents and cover their own crimes. This is the main motivation behind the latest campaign...
    • 6 Jan 2022
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    Class of 2021: Zambians who inspired last year

    Throughout the year 2021, Zambia experienced no shortage of disappointments and set backs in the political landscape. Yet there are some individuals and institutions whose actions, courage and principles offered hope and inspiration in a year that was dominated by a historic vote that saw the defeat of incumbent president Edgar Lungu and the election...
    • 3 Dec 2021
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    The good, the bad and the alarming: Hichilema’s first 100 days in Zambia

    Today marks exactly 100 days since Hakainde Hichilema was inaugurated as president of Zambia. After a decade and half in opposition, the leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND) defeated the incumbent Edgar Lungu in elections on 12 August 2021. He took office 12 days later. Hichilema’s successful election campaign was aided by...
    • 22 Oct 2021
    • Sishuwa Sishuwa

    Why the PF won the Kaumbwe parliamentary election

    On 21 October 2021, Zambia’s main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) scooped the Kaumbwe parliamentary election in Petauke district, Eastern Province, defeating four other political parties – namely, the governing United Party for National Development (UPND), the Socialist Party (SP), the Democratic Party (DP) and the Party for National Unity and Progress (PNUP) – and two...
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