Seventy-seven years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, its transformation provides an important case study for developing nations like Zambia. It demonstrates the importance of thinking beyond electoral cycles. It demonstrates what... […]

Postpartum remains a difficult subject to navigate, largely because society has never quite decided what to do with a woman’s emotions after childbirth. The arrival of a baby is traditionally treated as the culmination of […]

  At the time of writing this, I am preparing for a panel taking place this evening on “Living healthily with Diabetes”. The title made me pause, because living healthily sounds simple until we ask […]

This week’s Monday Opinion examines a distinction that is becoming central to Zambia’s energy and industrialization debate: installed electricity capacity is not the same thing as dependable power and dependable power is not the same […]

ON October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong stood in Beijing and proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Seventy-seven years later, the transformation of China is difficult to ignore. A country that was... […]

  In the previous opinion piece, we examined the macro-level fiscal powers of the newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) following the 2026 general election, highlighting how lawmakers must integrate climate resilience into the 2027... […]

  Echoes of Omusati: A Forgotten Heritage is one of those films.     At its heart is the remarkable journey of Ndilimeke Katanga, a Zambian born woman who returns to Namibia after 37 years... […]

  Recently, I was asked to choose an insulin pump. For someone who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for decades, that should have felt like uncomplicated progress. A pump can automate parts of insulin... […]

Felistas was excited to be back home after 5 days of being out of town.  Nothing is as comforting as being in your own bed and house.  The air hit differently.  No sooner had she... […]

As widely reported in the press and social media, a 52 year old woman, Maggie Sapatu, walked on foot to Lusaka to attend the inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as president. I did not think much […]