A country does not become prosperous by optimising how it collects a small share of someone else’s wealth. It becomes prosperous by owning the asset that generates the wealth in the first place.
Category: Politics
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ARCHBISHOP ALICK BANDA IS NOT JUST ANOTHER MAN. HE IS AN INSTITUTION.
A Commentary by Brian Matambo | 3rd January 2026 There are moments in a nation’s life when clarity is demanded, not diplomacy. This moment that Zambia finds herself in is one of them. To suggest that Archbishop Alick Banda is an “ordinary man” is not merely an error of judgment. It is a failure to...
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STEALING DEMOCRACY IN SILENCE
President Hichilema set up a Financial and Crimes Court targeting former Patriotic Front officials and gazetted a five-month period in which all prosecution must conclude( where the subjects should all be put in prison).
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WHY IS PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA GOING AFTER ARCHBISHOP ALICK BANDA?
Zambia’s democracy was never meant to be a courtroom without conscience. It was meant to be a covenant between law, reason, and faith. When any one of these is crushed under the weight of ego, the nation begins to fracture.
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MAKEBI ZULU CALLS FOR UNITY IN THE OPPOSITION
Presidential candidate Makebi Zulu addressed the nation today, 30 December 2025, calling on opposition political parties to come together ahead of the 2026 general election.
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WHEN OBEDIENCE BECOMES COMPLICITY
If laws are used to discipline citizens rather than serve them, can compliance still be called virtue? Or does it become participation in injustice?
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HAKAINDE HICHILEMA DOES NOT DESERVE CELEBRATION
For the last three years, Zambia has endured up to 20 hours of load shedding daily. This is not a temporary crisis. It is a sustained national failure. Entire livelihoods have been destroyed over a prolonged period
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HICHILEMA IS A TOP PRESIDENT FOR FOREIGN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
Zambians recently woke up to news that President Hakainde Hichilema has been rated as one of the world’s top leaders. At first, I just laughed. Before commenting on the story, I decided to go and read the article in the right wing British newspaper that rated him to understand the criteria used. I found none.
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WHO OWNS THE BODY OF A DEAD MAN IN ZAMBIA?
The fact that the death certificate showing the certified cause of death is already in the public domain further disqualifies the Zambian Government from claiming any basis for investigations or continued interference in the custody of the remains.
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BILL 7 WAS A PROCEED OF CRIME – MAKEBI ZULU
“This is not about name-calling,” Makebi Zulu said in his remarks. “It is about law, governance and the kind of country we are choosing to become.”