All posts by Sishuwa Sishuwa
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Some PF insiders want to get rid of President Lungu – and they have a plan.
On 8 November 2019, President Edgar Lungu, speaking in his first press conference for four years, brought up Zambia’s elections scheduled for 2021 before declaring...
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China, Confucius institutes and the capture of Africa’s future
The first building that one comes across when entering the University of Zambia, which sits on the terraces of a busy motorway to and from...
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Why are we so good at choosing bad leaders?
Editor’s Note: This article was first published on December 18, 2017 and is being republished here only as a flashback. Why is the Zambian society,...
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Daniel Munkombwe’s political life: what do we learn from it?
After being at the centre of national politics for over half a century, Daniel Chibbwalu Munkombwe joined, in 2015, the very short list of Zambian...
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Why Lungu is truly the President we deserve: he is a symptom of Zambia’s sickness
Last week, Zambians woke up to revelations that President Edgar Lungu owns an enormous piece of land in a prime area of eSwatini, as the...
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What would the world miss about Zambia if we simply vanished tomorrow?
A visitor to Zambia who restricts themselves to parts of Lusaka could be forgiven for thinking that they had entered a vibrant and developing nation....
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Lessons from the local government by-elections
On 24 April 2018, voters in 16 different wards spread across the country went to the polls to choose new representatives following a series of...
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Kenya’s success, Zambia’s failure: courts, constitutions and elections
The recent invalidation of the re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Kenya by the country’s Supreme Court is a refreshing development that provides...
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Understanding the rift between Lungu and LAZ
On 17 July 2017, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) issued a press statement on the legality and extent of the threatened state of emergency...
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