Book Review: The Dawn of a New Vision for Mother Zambia
By Alibandila Greatford Kamona It is rare that you may read a book and feel that the writer is addressing you directly. But this is what Stephen Mpundu Kataya has achieved in his…
Post Editor In Chief Fred M’membe: Victim of Selective Justice
By Alibandila Greatford KAMONA Lusaka Magistrate David Samusamba’s sentencing of Post Editor In Chief Fred M’membe to four months imprisonnement with hard labour for contempt of court has spawned sharp reactions. This follows…
Zambian Presidential Vendettas – Deceptions, Deals, and Detentions
By Alibandila Greatford KAMONA When President Kenneth Kaunda was leaving the Presidential Office in October 1991, what he did not legislate for was the loneliness and languor that was to greet him as…
Acquittal Maroons Chiluba on High-Speed Train
By Alibandila Greatford Kamona When Dr. Kenneth Kaunda was the omnipotent who presided over everything under the Zambian skies, public talk of a possible successor was anathema. Yet even the risk of abomination…
Rupiah?s Victory Halts Campaign Juggernaut
Greatford KAMONA The Zambian presidential campaign juggernaut finally came to a screech on October 30, sweeping all in its path, save for one Rupiah Bwezani Banda, who stood tall in its wake and…
Zambia?s Search for a President
Rupiah Banda (L) greets Finance Minister Nga’andu Magande (R) in Lusaka, after the ruling MMD party chose Banda as its candidate to contest a presidential election due in November, September 5, 2008….
A Storm is Brewing Yonder
Alibandila Greatford KAMONA Now that we know the presidential by-election will be held on 30 October, those of us who are in a position to vote should eagerly look forward to the day…
Return of the Wolf Pack
Alibandila Greatford KAMONA At the height of the campaign for multi party politics in 1990-91, then President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda warned the nation as to the character of the people who were in…
