BENEDICT Tembo.
Lessons from Chingola
Analysis: BENEDICT TEMBO
HAVING lived in Chingola for almost a decade from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, news about suspected ritual killings was depressing, to say the least. (more…)
BRITISH-STYLED architectural houses still stand even after being battered by age and neglect.
From Mutwe wa Nsofu to Broken Hill
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe
IN 1921, when Zambia was still a colony of the British Empire, a hominin skull dubbed E 686 was uncovered in a mine in an area called Umutwe Wa Nsofu in Kabwe, Central Province. (more…)
A MAN taking a pig to Mchini market in Chipata. PICTURE: DARLINGTON MWENDABAI
From machine, Mchini was born
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata
FROM a loud siren (alarm) machine which was sounded at a tobacco company in the 1960s to wake up farm workers, came the name of a township, Mchini in Chipata, Eastern Province. (more…)
Who’ll lose from free trade deal?
Dear editor,
AFTER years of negotiations, the African Union has finally launched the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose goal is to establish a single market for goods and services across 54 countries. (more…)
A TAVERN in Nkwazi. PICTURE: STAFRANCE ZULU
From Sinia to Nkwazi
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola
ALTHOUGH Ndola is known as the friendly city, that may not be the description you would want to use when referring to Sinia or Nkwazi, a township located in Ndola Central constituency and adjacent to Kalewa Barracks. (more…)
A HOUSE built by the community for an orphan who offered to accommodate a water kiosk or siguju in his yard, after his first house collapsed. Right, ruins of a collapsed old house. PICTURES: EMELDA MUSONDA
From Sawmills to Somili
EMELDA MUSONDA, Livingstone
AS I drive into one of the unnamed streets in the company of two Livingstone residents familiar with the area, I am cautioned against taking pictures or doing anything that would annoy the gangs. (more…)
Tricksters from hospital
Torn Apart: BOYD PHIRI
IT SEEMS everyday people are coming up with ways of how to raise money from strangers on the streets. (more…)
WORKERS at the Zampalm’s main oil palm tree nursery in Senior Chief Kopa’s area, Kanchibiya district, Muchinga Province. PICTURE: CHARLES CHISALA
From mere workers to palm farmers
CHARLES CHISALA, Lusaka
A WIND of change is blowing over Senior Chief Kopa’s chiefdom. (more…)