The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it
Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa Policing social media The second victim of Hichilema’s implementation of legal autocracy is freedom of expression. Here, the target are ordinary Zambians who use X, WhatsApp, Instagram,…
The ERTC Charade Is an Affront to Constitutional Order
When the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis launched the so-called Electoral Reform Technical Committee (ERTC), she didn’t just overstep her mandate—she trampled over constitutional order. Let’s be…
You cannot regulate journalism – Court
DICKSON JERE In 1995 - just a year before the General Election - the MMD government of President Frederick Chiluba wanted to have a stronghold on the media. It then…
Pope Francis spoke the voiceless, challenged injustices – Archbishop Banda
NATION REPORTER THE Archdiocese of Lusaka says it is with profound sorrow that it has joined the universal Church in mourning the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, the 266th…
Electoral Report illegal
NATION REPORTER THE Electoral Reform Technical Committee’s (ERTC) report, set to be officially presented today to the executive through the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is constitutionally illegal only meant…
LAZ to sue gov’t over repressive Cyber Laws
NATION REPORTER THE new Cyber laws recently signed by President Hakainde Hichilema are an infringement on citizens’ rights, will undermine the country’s democratic values and will expose journalists, businesses, and…
AGRICULTURE TRACTOR MAINTENANCE
Makeli Phiri I AM not an agricultural engineer but I have worked with tractors before. Recently, I visited a farm a well established or I can say mechanised because they…
UPND has maintained youth support base in Lusaka – Banda
MUKWIMA CHILALA THE United Party for National Development (UPND) in Lusaka has expressed confidence that it will retain its strong support base among young people, claiming that it has outperformed…
Cyber Laws Vs Constitutional Rights
THE announcement by TONSE Alliance national youth chairman Celestine Mukandila to challenge Zambia’s newly enacted Cyber laws marks a pivotal moment in the country’s democratic journey. It is a moment…
Has HH secretly signed Cyber laws? Laura Asks
NATION REPORTER RENOWNED human rights defender Laura Miti has taken Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe to task over the government’s silence over the controversial Cyber Bills into law, wondering whether…
