Guest Diggers

31 May 2022 | Sampa Kabwela

All men are polygamous

So, five months ago, in early December, my cousin’s husband, Bashi Malama, took off and disappeared in thin air without notice. Two months later, in January, word came that the disappeared had been spotted alive-and-happy […]

31 May 2022 | Agnes Musonda Munalula

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE – Money, Guns, War and Capitalism; An Inseparable Quartet!

It does not matter how poor or rich a family may be, anywhere in the world: it is impossible not to derive great joy from watching and experiencing the love for life of 5- to […]

30 May 2022 | Muleta Kapatiso

Is the Public Order Act necessary in a democratic society?

The Public Order Act Chapter 113 of the laws of Zambia (henceforth “the Act”) was enacted into law on 19th August 1955, during Zambia’s independence struggle. The Act has been amended more 10 times since […]

30 May 2022 | Davies Chilufya

HOME AND FAMILY: The Bible and romance

(See what you’re missing) WHEN last did you hear your pastor preach about romance from the pulpit? I guess your answer is, ‘Can’t remember,’ and you are probably right. More often preachers are busy talking […]

26 May 2022 | Azele Banda

Young People and our Troubled World: Money has Messed up our World!

Money, money, money – thinking about money all the time. Dreaming about lots of money. Thinking about making lots of money. In a hurry to make some money, by whatever means available. We live in […]

24 May 2022 | Emmanuel Phiri

Is Homosexuality a Political Weapon of Choice?

Homosexuality is one of those things that has historically been politicized the world over. It has consistently featured as a subject of contentious and heated debate even in the most liberal of nations, including the […]

24 May 2022 | Agnes Musonda Munalula

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE – Africa Unity Day: A Day to Rekindle the Dream of the Rebirth of Africa, as a Free Country!

Tomorrow, 25th May, is African Unity Day. Back in the days when Africa had anti colonial political parties fresh from acquiring independence, the whole of May would be a month spent thinking and doing things […]

23 May 2022 | Davies Chilufya

HOME AND FAMILY: Submission versus Love

Ephesians 5v 22- 25 ‘WIVES, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord. v23For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the Church and He is the […]

20 May 2022 | By Jan Lipavský, Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic

World War II and war in Ukraine: True and false “liberations” – fighting the ghosts of neo-colonialism

THIS year, the celebrations of the victory in the World War II are being overshadowed by blood and suffering on the territory of Ukraine and destruction of Ukrainian cities. Ghosts of new aggressive, neo-colonial war […]

19 May 2022 | Diggers Correspondent

Chapter One Foundation’s Executive Director Linda Kasonde’s Reflection on World Press Freedom Day at the Internews Roundtable on 3rd May 2022 Published on May 13, 2022

The world theme for the World Press Freedom Day is: ‘Journalism under surveillance’. How would you interpret that in today’s media environment in Zambia? Journalism is one of the riskiest professions in the world. According […]