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CATCH THEM, IF YOU CAN
By Gershom Ndhlovu I am surprised that people are surprised that the Rupiah Banda administration moved so swiftly to increase salaries and allowances for Constitutional office holders so soon after the controversial elections. In fact the indelible red ink is not yet completely washed away from
CAGING THE SINGER, NOT THE SONG
By Gershom Ndhlovu Passing laws out of emotion is the bane of any government and the Zambian law makers should know this from some of the laws that were enacted in President Chiluba’s administration. Some of the laws came back to haunt the same people who enacted them.
“SATA WILL NEVER RULE”
By Gershom Ndhlovu In the few weeks before the last presidential election I heard two people, one a journalist with close ties with a Cabinet Minister and a provincial minister, and another a clergyman with very close with the MMD, say “Sata takatekepo ichalo”, loosely translated
OPPOSITION SHOULD REACH OUT
By Gershom Ndhlovu The presidential by-election is over and the MMD is celebrating but whether it is from genuine victory or a stolen election, it is difficult to say. What is clear though is that this election has given the nation a glimpse of the
EASTENERS NOT EASILY EXPLOITED
By Gershom Ndhlovu It is unfortunate that Benny Tetamashimba has resorted to insulting and threatening people of Eastern Province if they do not vote for Rupiah Banda who happens to hail from the province. It appears that these are the tactics that Tetamashimba uses
WHEN DID "RIGGING" START?
By Gershom NdhlovuIn December 2001 when I was a senior journalist at the Zambia Daily Mail, like many others assigned to various parts of the country, I was assigned to Kitwe where I beefed up the local staff, to cover the presidential and parliamentary elections there.In the morning of
CHIEFS' SUPPORT UNLAWFUL
By Gershom Ndhlovu Supreme Court judgements, by their nature of being unchallengeable, become law or precedence as the lawyers call it, and have to be followed as such. Clearly in this election campaign, one Supreme Court judgement has been ripped to pieces may be because the culprits have
IS POLITICAL EXPERIENCE CRUCIAL?
By Gershom Ndhlovu “Experience is the excuse of the incumbent over the ages. Experience is what they always say when they try to stop change. In 1979, James Callaghan had been Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor before he became Prime Minister. He had plenty of experience. But
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?
By Gershom Ndhlovu History has that nasty tendency—to repeat itself. Thank you, James Lukuku, former New Revolutionary Party (NRP) national secretary, for “confirming” what we always suspected since the days of former President Chiluba’ attempt to go for a third term. At that time, chiefs,
AKA POLITICISING ACC
By Gershom Ndhlovu For what I thought would be something to laugh about, last week I wrote to the Anti-Corruption Commission through it’s website to complain about MMD presidential candidate Rupiah Banda’s donations of mealie meal and sugar to people in Katete. This was after the story broke