GOOD governance is not just about delivering services; it’s about building institutions that can sustain themselves. Unfortunately, this principle seems lost when we look at the continued dependence of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) on Treasury support. Despite being endowed with a range of advantages that other media houses can only dream of, ZNBC remains financially fragile. And as former Information and Media permanent secretary Amos Malupenga rightly observed, the time has come to push this institution into a corner where it must rely on its own capacity and stop leaning on the government for survival. ZNBC’s situation is very puzzling, in fact it is a paradox. Here is a public broadcaster that enjoys the lion’s share of both...