All posts by Sishuwa Sishuwa
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A distinguished troublemaker: celebrating Simon Zukas at 95
In April 1952, a 26-year old man stood before the Northern Rhodesia Chief Justice, who had been asked by the Attorney General to consider whether...
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Pilato, Music and the Grim Social Realities of our Time
On 5 January 2019, a 34-year-old citizen was forced to flee Zambia after members of the governing Patriotic Front (PF) threatened to kill him. His...
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Lungu’s strategic march to 2021: the shutdown of Prime TV
On 9 April 2020, the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Zambia’s broadcasting regulator, cancelled the broadcasting licence of Prime TV, the country’s most popular and leading...
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The Judiciary is now lawless: the suspension of John Sangwa
On 13 March 2020, the Judiciary’s Acting Chief Registrar, Prince Boniface Mwiinga, announced that prominent constitutional law expert John Sangwa would no longer be allowed...
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Why Zambia’s 2021 election is a matter of life and death for Lungu and Hichilema
On 23 February 2020, Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano appeared on Sunday Interview, a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation television programme...
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The real reason why the government wants UNZALARU out
On 4 February 2020, the government, through the Labour Commissioner, cancelled the Recognition Agreement between the University of Zambia Lecturers’ and Researchers’ Union (UNZALARU) and...
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What is eating me up and giving me sleepless nights: A response to Sunday Chanda
Ordinarily, I do not respond to reactions to my articles that make no attempt whatsoever to engage with the substance of my writing. I believe...
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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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