Feeling rather bored and, frankly, quite irritated by all the loud noises about the Kabushi and Kwacha by–elections, I found myself wondering just how much the PF had reformed, rebranded and changed for the better, in the past one year since they were handed a most humiliating defeat in the 12th August, 2021 National Elections....

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...

It is such a horrible indictment on Zambia that 58 years after independence, it is the girl, whatever her age – who becomes pregnant – who forfeits her right to education, especially in our government primary and secondary schools. It does not take the genius of an Albert Einstein and rocket science to understand that...

It is that our elections last year on the 12th of August, were a protest vote against the chronic hunger, extreme poverty, widespread unemployment, grotesque inequalities which are the conditions of more than 70 percent of Zambians. True, the Patriotic Front (PF) and their president Edgar Chagwa Lungu had become small gods terrorising everybody not...

Every journey has a destination, purpose and duration; the same applies to every project. A project is an intervention and before it chalks up any success, objectives and indicators must be set and baseline information must be determined and be used to measure what has been achieved at the end of the duration. Running a...

MANY PEOPLE, especially those who married in the 1950s and 60s had their spouses from their villages or regions closer to where they were brought up. Even those who were working in towns usually went back home to find a woman to marry from among their people. This trend wascommon because people felt a close...

Democracy is rooting out corruption in private and public life. Democracy is justice for the weak, hungry and poor, who are in the majority. Democracy and the meaning of voting is giving a full well lived, happy, loved and loving life to everyone. Democracy is happiness and love for the majority, not a tiny useless...

Today is 12th August 2022. It marks exactly one year since Zambians went to the polls to choose their new leaders. Social media is awash with the hashtag #ThisTimeLastYear in reference to the experiences that Zambians had in the run up to that election. This time last year, many Zambians were living in fear of...

Notwithstanding my suspicion that the need for regulation is not the foremost issue facing the media in Zambia, I take a view that the regulatory framework proposed through the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) bill appears to threaten the independence, freedom, professionalism, and even the self-regulation of the media that it appears to promote. I raise...

Chipolopolo are perhaps going through classic male menstruation syndrome: the physical appetite and desire to win is there, but the emotional, mental and technical killer instinct to finish well and score many goals is missing, as their male hormones play havoc with their brains, eyes and feet! I hope our handsome coach, Aljoša Asanović, whom...