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The country where liberty is a statue
On 6 January, the world witnessed an interesting spectacle, an assortment of what appeared to be characters from fantasy television shows taking...
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Deferred reopening of schools
Last Friday, Edgar Lungu delayed the reopening of schools by two weeks – meaning educational institutions will receive back learners on February 1. His concern...
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Chronicles of the PF’s sordid journey to failure, Part 1
If you are a new comer in this country, you may be tempted by its sheer socioeconomic outlook, to suppose that this...
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The country where liberty is a statue
On 6 January, the world witnessed an interesting spectacle, an assortment of what appeared to be characters from fantasy television shows taking...
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Police style of ‘maintaining’ law and order
In Zambia, the Police Service is on record of being brutal, instead of officers to “co-operate with the civilian authority and other...
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The Perspective with Edward Bwalya Phiri: Zambia’s economic recession expected for the second straight year
A critic of the Roosevelt Administration in the US, Herbert Hoover, warned against a fiscal expansion during the 1930s. He once remarked that, “We are...
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The importance of mother tongue in child development: evidence from research
There is a disturbing growing tendency in Zambia where a child is communicated to in English from the very day they...
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Creating free, independent and professional media after August 2021
In last week’s article, I elaborated the traditional functions of the mass media from normative and functionalist perspectives and how the...
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Lungu is the Zambian Rip Van Winkle
Just Politics by Aaron Ng’ambi The fact that millions of Zambians line up for hours and hours on election day to directly elect a Republican...
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Africa secures close to 300 million vaccine doses
THE African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said on...
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