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Functions of the Zambian Constitutional Court
Article 128 of the 2016 amended Constitution provides as follows: Subject to Article 28, the Constitutional Court has original and final jurisdiction...
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Language and you: feedback from readers
Do you think the many languages Zambia has are a curse like that of the Tower of Babel? Great column. Highly...
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‘BOMA IYANGANEPO’, THE ZAMBIAN CRY
By Prof Edgar Nyanga] Year in year out, we see and hear many Zambians calling for government’s help: ‘Boma iyanganepo’, a notion implying that the...
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A night without a President: Buchizya’s fading legacy of a living legend
AS I sit watching television with my kids, I see an ailing old man surrounded by family and friends; dozens of...
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There are so many lessons to learn from Kerala
Indian farmers and agricultural workers have crossed the hundred-day mark of their protest against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They...
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CONSTITUTION MATTERS with Simon Kalolo Kabanda: Constitutional Court benefits limited
One of the significant feats of the 2016 amended Constitution is the introduction of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in Zambia. Is the ConCourt being utilised...
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The Perspective, by Edward Bwalya Phiri: Political intimidation, a threat to democracy in Zambia
Turkish-British women’s rights activist and writer Elif Shafak once posited that, “Without the freedom to criticise, question and challenge the dominant narrative, societies cannot make...
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What Women’s Day?
MEN AT WORK. This is a common sign a motorist sees when they come up a road construction or maintenance interrupting...
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Painful truth: education system in Zambia for employment, not for innovation
It is gospel truth that most of us when we go to school, we look forward to getting employed. Whatever we learn...
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Just Politics; by Aaron Ng’ambi: will UPND be in perennial opposition beyond August 12, 2021?
The United Party for National Development (UPND) has been in existence since December 1998 when it was founded by the late Anderson Kambela Mazoka. In...
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