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No Election Is Worth Dying For—Peace Must Prevail

THE Government’s warning that no election is worth killing or dying for is both timely and necessary. Elections should be a peaceful contest of ideas, policies and leadership, not a struggle in which political opponents are treated as enemies. Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo…

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Zambia targets stronger power, fuel supply systems

Zambia is set to participate in a regional initiative aimed at modernising electricity transmission and distribution networks, while also moving to restore competitive bidding for fuel supplies through the TAZAMA pipeline. According to Access Bank Group market commentary, the United States Trade and Development Agency…

Zambia Monitor 2 min read

Let love lead: Zambia’s digital conscience after the ballot

For generations, Zambia has worn the identity of a peaceful nation, a country where people of different tribes, faiths and political loyalties have lived side by side, recognising one another first as fellow citizens. It is worth asking, honestly, whether that identity is beginning to…

Lusaka Times 2 min read

When Words Become Weapons

The Book of James offers an old warning for a modern crisis: the tongue is small, but it can set a forest ablaze. After a contested election, Zambia is discovering just how quickly loose words can outrun public patience. Abigail Kabandula, a scholar who has…

Lusaka Times 3 min read