Saturday, 26th June, 2021 State House Lusaka To Retired Major Joseph Mambilima and family;   Brothers and Sisters in Christ;   Fellow Mourners. The nation has been gripped with shock and owe for the past one month. We have lost his Excellency, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, our founding father, father of this great nation, Zambia. And before we could come to terms with this huge loss, we lose another great Zambian – her ladyship, the Chief Justice. The lady, who has brought us here today, has left all of us in shock. We are still shocked because as we have...

By Isaac Mwanza – Monday 1st July 2019 Introduction PRESIDENT Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s appointment of Dr. Simon Kamwendo Miti as head of Zambia’s civil service has attracted the attention and some hot debate as expected from modern elites who make speculative rather than evidence-based comments on any person appointed to lead the Zambian civil service. This rather unproductive debate is largely focused on social media rumour-mongering and uninformed opinion. One would hope that well-read and well-informed Zambians will hail the appointment of Dr. Miti, and therefore will raise the discussion of this appointment above the current debate, to reminding the...

By Henry Kyambalesa The Patriotic Front (PF), the ruling political party in Zambia, should bear the blame for all the socioeconomic ills currently facing the country. Such socioeconomic ills include the high level of corruption, the country’s declining economic performance, the high level of government-secured debts, the unprecedented levels of poverty and inequality, and the current escalation of political violence, among a host of other socioeconomic problems and crises. With respect to the current spate of political violence, the following age-old proverb renders the verdict: “The fish start rotting from the head.” Why do we have to continue to vote...