A BIT OF HISTORY In November 2013, I began a research into past election results in the multiparty era, particularly 2001-2011. My research culminated into a five-part series of articles …

I wish to express my deep sympathies with the predicament you are in Sir. You have inherited a poisoned chalice. A nation in a mess that is reeling from the from high cost of living, an escalating debt burden, corruption, poverty, a litany of broken promises, a delayed constitution process, a labour movement about to stage mass demonstrations, a culture of political intolerance, violence among cadres, total confusion politically, and many other things too numerous to mention. I really feel for you Sir.

Last week, the Movement for Multiparty Democracy National Secretary Muhabi Lungu announced that the National Executive Committee voted to suspend its President Nevers Mumba and adopted former President Rupiah Banda …

Former Republican President Rupiah Bwezani Banda has been playing a careful game of Hide-And-Seek with the Zambian electorate the last year or so. Despite repeated attempts to get him to commit one way or the other, he has neither confirmed nor denied assertions that he wishes to return to active politics, Kenneth Kaunda style.

  A few weeks ago, I put forward a thought experiment that I called “The Great Swap” as follows: Imagine that intelligent aliens come on earth, put everyone to sleep …

Over at Zambia Online, I have recently published a three-part series that attempts to forecast the results of the 2016 Zambian elections. In the first part, I took a historical …

The Zambian government recently made a controversial decision to grant a licence to Zambezi Resources Ltd for copper mining activities in the Lower Zambezi National Park. The action triggered a hullabaloo that …

Bitcoin is a form of decentralized currency system similar to Dollars or Pounds, except that it is completely digital (based on computer hardware and software). These “digital coins” can be …

[NOTE: This article contains references to Zambian organizations and is based around the specific circumstances of the nation but the ideas can be ported anywhere else] Many armchair critics rightly …

In my lifetime, I have witnessed many technologies become obsolete. The video cassette recorder, vinyl records and turntables, telex machines, audio cassettes, floppy disks, mainframes, 35mm film and cameras, analogue …

What are the tried and tested methods to bring development and prosperity to any nation? Why has China been growing so fast despite having no rule of law? Why is the West currently in decline after 500 years of dominance? What is the “Great Divergence”? Watch the 20 minute talk below to get the answers and give your critique.

There is a very popular belief that Great Britain became rich and powerful because it “raped” its colonies by taking away mineral resources and using slave labour. However, Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium …

Q: What do the following 15 countries have in common? Botswana, Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Zimbabwe? A: From 1960 to 1970, all …

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.” –– Barack Obama I am now convinced that black people are more racist than whites. The acquittal of George Zimmerman has …

The world isn’t made of things. It’s not made of objects… The notion that big things are made of little things, quantum theory doesn’t describe the world that way. Big …

“No government willingly accepts the responsibility for producing inflation even in moderate degree, let alone at hyper-inflationary rates. Government officials always find some excuse – greedy businessmen, grasping trade unions, spendthrift consumers, Arab Sheikhs, bad weather, or anything else tha

Do you want to know why many countries remain poor despite efforts to improve their economies? British Economic Historian Professor Niall Ferguson (Harvard University) in 2012 gave four “Reith Lectures” …

“I was taken around and shown things as a ‘useful idiot‘… that’s what my role was. I can’t understand why I was so gullible.” — Doris Lessing, British writer and …

I recently sent a letter to the Zambia Daily Mail in which I commented on two articles concerning abortion (links at the end). The author (Emelda Mwitwa) was soliciting views from the …

I think that most women in failed relationships overplay the victim card with endless sob stories about how their husband / boyfriend is cheating or beating them. The ugly naked …

The unfortunate and very sad shooting of twenty innocent kids and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has produced a flurry of activity to “do something”. …