WE were saddened to hear President Hakainde Hichilema say that we have a lot of holidays on which people do nothing productive. We are not proponents of too many holidays, and we took serious issue with late former president Edgar Lungu who could willie-nilly declare holidays. Our former president had no sense of productivity and many will agree with us that he enjoyed a more relaxed lifestyle. Some actually argue that the Patriotic Front was a party after party government. But on the flip side, we do not think it’s correct to also suggest that the existing holidays are a waste of productive time. In Zambia we celebrate 15 public holidays every year, and six of them are celebrated globally,...
