Honour ECL with State Funeral – Dickson Jere
BARNABAS ZULU LUSAKA lawyer Dickson Jere says former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is state property who should be accorded a dignified state funeral with full military honours, despite the current…
JCTR shoots down, dangerous, poisonous Bill 7
GIDEON NYENDWA THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections (JCTR) has added its voice to the growing opposition against Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 7, demanding that the government abandon the process…
We’re too broken, Inonge Wina weeps
GIDEON NYENDWA INONGE Wina, Zambia’s first female Vice President yesterday broke down at the Patriotic Front (PF) secretariat that her emotions over the passing of Zambia’s Sixth President could not…
ECL Deserves State Funeral, Not Political Grudge
We fully understand the anger, resentment, and political bitterness that may exist between the family of the late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and the current the Hakainde Hichilema-led administration. We…
ECL led Zambia with dedication – UN
GIDEON NYENDWA THE United Nations (UN) system in Zambia has learned with deep regret and sadness the death of Zambia’s Sixth Republican President, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu. And United Party…
A NATION IN TEARS: GOODBYE, PRESIDENT EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU
11th November 1956--05 June 2025 Amb. Anthony Mukwita wrote LUSAKA—Today, I write not with the ink of a journalist or the pen of a diplomat, but with the heaviness of…
Cyber laws threaten our freedom
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema campaigned on the promise of restoring democratic values, upholding human rights, and protecting the freedoms of Zambians. His victory was a breath of fresh air for many…
Things are bad in Zambia, we can’t pretend, says Catholic priest
NOEL IYOMBWA A CATHOLIC priest has said life for an ordinary Zambian has become so hard because of the poor economy and that it has become difficult for citizens to…
CHINA DECLARED WAR AGAINST POVERTY; IT HAS WON THE BATTLE
...every Chinese citizen is living above the US$2 poverty datum line, thanks to the determined efforts of the Chinese government through the Communist Party of China, the fulcrum of Chinese…
Medics, Gov’t fail to resolve impasse
MUKWIMA CHILALA A MEETING between Resident Doctors and the Ministry of Health yesterday ended in a deadlock after both parties failed to agree over the demands of the unemployed doctors,…