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By Fred M’membe I have been reading about the leadership of the ruling party having pushed in a lot of money, bicycles and even some automobiles into Lubemba. This is said to have been done through some chiefs to help them buy the votes of their subjects. It won’t work. In life, and much more so in politics, it is always very important to be clear about things. Chiefs in Lubemba are not absolute rulers. They don’t rule by decrees like some other monarchs. Ours is a highly democratic, decentralised and accountable system with very strong checks and balances. Power in Lubemba doesn’...

Vice President Inonge Wina has called on Zambians to encourage tolerate divergent views in order to make the country a better for all. Mrs. Wina noted that as the country heads towards the 2021 general elections, most people are misled into hatred and propelling acts of violence against each other. Mrs Wina condemned the vice, thus urging people to love the country by defending its interest and work for the unity of the nation regardless of one’s race, tribe, religion or political affiliation. The Vice President reminded Zambians the importance of upholding the national values and principle...

I am seven years old, my exiled South African family living in independent Zambia, when my teacher asks everyone in class to share a song or a nursery rhyme or a proverb. One kid sings a song in the Bemba language. Another child stands up and performs a dance that is popular at the time. He rolls his little hips lewdly, and we all giggle. When it is my turn, I stand in front of everyone and command their silence with the seriousness of my facial expression. I am stock-still, cradling an imaginary rifle. I crouch and sway from side to side, hissing through my teeth to intimidate my audience. I...

The Lungu Cabinet By The Mast on December 20, 2020 Introduction The Zambian Constitution pronounces the country as multi-ethnic. This is not an empty declaration like the Christian Nation one. Any deviation from it is sacrilegious and must be rebuked unequivocally. The proscription against ethnic discrimination can be justified on deontological, utilitarian, and communitarian or Ubuntu ethical grounds. Every Zambian has intrinsic worth usually espoused in the language of human rights. This imposes duties to treat all Zambians with respect regardless of their ethnicity. A set of rules ...