Travelogue by Emmanuel Mwamba Antananarivo- 15th February 2017 “You cannot point using your fingers, claw it or fold it to point at anything” advised the guide. Wooden structures represented life while stone buildings and bricks were for the dead. “When entering the palace you step with your right foot first.” He demonstrated. “And when coming out kindly exit walking backwards”. A young lad acting as our tour guide from the tourism office had nuggets of frequent advice when he led us on a tour of the Queen’s Palace in the topmost hill of Antananarivo. “And eggs were forbidden to eat...

By Ashton Kelly Bunda, Fulman James Mukobeko and Derrick Sinjela FORMER Zambia State Security Intelligence Services (ZSSIS) Intelligence Officer Prince Bryce Mfune says an opportune exists for the Patriotic Front (PF) Government led by a ‘LISTENING’ Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to compensate him for dying a little for ‘Mother Zambia.” A 67-year-old straight-talking Prince Mfune is not amused that a citizen is honoured for merely singing ‘bubble-gum’ music while his peers who put life on the ‘imperialist’ chopping board remain unsung heroes and heroines. Following his recruitment into the secret service, a tart Prince Mfune nostalgically reminisced sacrificing his...

By Derrick Sinjela Stanbic Bank is a financial institution with a rather bizarre profile across the African continent and some of these bizarre corporate shenanigans are filtering their way into Zambia at a very fast rate.  Last year, Stanbic was fined US$ 1.3million following a bribery scandal traced directly to Stanbic Bank. The vigilant Government of Tanzania passed a resolution to investigate the privately owned “scandal ridden” Stanbic Bank because the Government was concerned with Stanbic’s unprofessional behaviour and conduct and the impact bribery has in undermining national development. In September 2012, Stanbic Bank secured financing worth US$ 3 billion...

By Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika Freedom Park Inaugural Memorial Lecture On KING LEWAM\NIKA THE FIRST OF BAROTSELAND 1842 – 1916: A Legacy of Indigenous African Nationalism Edited by Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika   This book expands into the neglected history of Pan African Cross-Border and African traditional leadership in the Southern African liberation struggle.  It pays homage to African indigenous leadership, such as illustrated by the seven African Kings appointed as Honorary Presidents of Congress, at its founding at Bloemfontein on January 8, 1912.  These were Dalindyebo of the Thembus; Montsioa of the Barolong; Lewanika of Barotseland; Letsie II of Lesotho Khama of...