Thu, 06 Apr 2017 11:05:11 +0000 By Philip Chirwa While I was making a name for myself as a young journalist enjoying big front page by-lines in my former paper, Zambia Daily Mail, as I covered the first republican president, Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s marathon state visits to France, U.K., USA, Cape Verde Islands and Algeria, little did I know that back home my own News Editor was allegedly busy scandalizing my name and celebrating my “impending downfall.” The editor in question, who I will nickname Mr Kazitape for purpose of this story, had wanted very much to go on this presidential tour but management, in their infinite wisdom, had picked on me, a junior to him, instead. That was to mark the genesis of the grudge that my boss would have for me henceforth. It was no wonder, therefore, that when the Zambia Daily Mail management received a confidential report from the police while […]
