Misdirected calls for political dialogue

Diverse stakeholders have recently appealed to the two major political parties in Zambia, the ruling Patriotic Front and the opposition United Party for National Development,...

Monday 08/05/2017

Plight of poor university students

The challenges and problems facing our students should not be lost in the jungle of cheap politicking and mock engagements. There are two main issues...

Sunday 07/05/2017

Chintu Chifumbe was many things good about people By Sishuwa Sishuwa A few days ago, I learnt that the heart of Professor Chintu Chifumbe, a...

Lungu’s ‘free and fair elections’

Edgar Lungu recently said “we have continued to hold free and fair elections”. “This is a clear demonstration to the democratic principles of empowering and...

Police confirm Mukata’s detention for murder

Police confirm Mukata’s detention for murder   Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says Chilanga member of parliament Keith Mukata has been detained for murder together with...

Police pick up Chilanga MP, his girlfriend over shooting of guard

Chilanga UPND member of parliament Keith Mukata has been arrested by police in connection with the shooting of his security guard in the early hours...

We have seen all this before

It seems it has become a common practice for tyrants to imprison those who challenge them in elections.   Edgar’s political godfather, Ugandan dictator and...

THURSDAY 04/05/2017: Zambia has become a police state

Professor Muna Ndulo, the director of Berger International Studies Program at Cornell Law School and Cornell Institute for African Development, recently said Zambia is rapidly...

Kambwili in another road accident

CHISHIMBA Kambwili has been involved in a road accident, barely two weeks after he survived another in Luapula Province. This happened this morning on Great...