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Jubilee Centre June 18th, 2010
The Kalulushi Municipal Council (KMC) leaders must be commended for standing up to and demanding K8.4 billion from the Chinese run Chambishi Copper Smelter (CCS) which owes Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) unpaid rates. It is sad however; that with all the efforts the KCM has made this has come to nothing because of political interference. […]
Jubilee Centre June 18th, 2010
After reading the June 2, 2010, Saturday Post editorial on the conviction and imprisonment of Mr. M’Membe for contempt of court I cried. I cried because with this conviction the dedication of The Post in the last twenty years to the betterment of Zambia can be instantaneously destroyed. Regardless of how faltering the Post […]
Jubilee Centre May 19th, 2010
Poverty, HIV and AIDS, education, tribalism, orphans and vulnerable children, corruption, roads, and water and sanitation are among the overwhelming problems of Zambia. A number of these problems are now at crisis stage, and they need leaders of heroic stature. But who has the wisdom, the passion, the integrity, and the compassion to provide the […]
Jubilee Centre May 19th, 2010
The majority of Zambians, including Christians living in low income urban communities, believe it is not possible for them to actually influence or even redirect their government’s policies. Many believe that, like their vote, their voices don’t really count. One reason why corruption is so rife during election campaigns is because people know that […]
Jubilee Centre May 19th, 2010
The political violence happening in Mufumbwe is a demonstration that Western style of democracy is not working for us. In a Western style of democracy, political leaders discuss how they will uphold the most fundamental principle of the importance of an individual. The political debates in the Western nations focus around values of patriotism, enterprise, […]
Jubilee Centre March 30th, 2010
Before 1964 black Zambians went to different schools and lived in different communities from the whites because of their color. In those times, black Zambians were born into a different world than today. Black Zambians experienced officially sanctioned forms of segregation and discrimination. Black Zambians did not have access to the mainstream of Zambian […]
Jubilee Centre March 29th, 2010
Last week one newspaper ran a headline stating that a driver, who is married and with four children, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for insulting the President, Mr. Rupiah Banda. In another newspaper, on the same day a leading politician was quoted insulting the president and hence infringing upon the same law. Today, we […]
Jubilee Centre March 9th, 2010
It is nice to be back in Zambia after two weeks that saw me travel to Germany, Denmark, England and Ireland. Snow, gray clouds, darkness and short nights in Europe have been replaced by bright sun, rain and uncontrolled floods because of lack of drainage system in Zambia. Carpets, gas heated rooms, warm showers, […]
Jubilee Centre February 23rd, 2010
“It is very frustrating to be in Zambia and remain a Zambian at a time such as this when corruption seems to be here to stay.” Heritage Party leader Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda made this statement as he urged President Rupiah Banda and his cabinet to reject Vice-President George Kunda’s recommendation to pay about K5 […]
Jubilee Centre February 10th, 2010
If Africans saw themselves, or at least saw how they would like to be, in Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma reflects who we really are. To accuse him is to lay blame on us. Zuma is a mirror that reflects what we would be in his position. After all has he not been invited to attend […]
Jubilee Centre February 1st, 2010
Former Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain stated in 1937, “For any government deliberately to deny to their people what must be their plainest and simplest right (to live in peace and happiness without the nightmare of war) would be to betray their trust and call down upon their heads the condemnation of all […]
Jubilee Centre January 22nd, 2010
The debate of 50%+1 currently before National Constitutional Conference (NCC) is one of the most regretful moments of this constitution making process. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of whether this nation shall have a constitution that begins with “We the people” or “We the government in power.” […]
Jubilee Centre January 22nd, 2010
The 29th December 2009 marked 18 years of Zambia as Christian Nation. Consequently, it was a shock to me when President Rupiah Banda challenged the church to unveil and explain clearly what the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation entails so that the general populace can clearly understand it. I was shocked because […]
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