Lying in her makeshift hospital bed, Joyce Tembo thanked medical personnel for evacuating her to the designated national cholera treatment centre, 6 km north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka. She was recently diagnosed with diarrhoeal disease.   Tembo, 43, commended the medical staff stationed at the treatment centre for their great service to thousands of patients, especially women and children seeking urgent treatment.  “I am very grateful to the Chinese doctors who attended to me as soon as the ambulance rushed me…

THE issue of same-sex relations returned to haunt Zambia as the world marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). An opposition party in the southern African country urged the government to expel all ambassadors flying the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) flag on Zambian soil. The Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ) argued the continued flying of the rainbow flags at the American, European Union (EU), Swedish and other foreign embassies to commemorate IDAHOBIT…

VIOLENCE, allegations of vote buying by politicians and partisanship by the electoral body have marred prospects of credible by-elections in Zambia. This comes as critics accuse the new administration of President Haikainde Hichilema of entrenching dictatorship despite its assuming power on a pledge of upholding freedoms. Supporters of his United Party for National Development (UPND) are accused of perpetrating violence ahead of polls set for Chililabombwe, Lupososhi and Serenje districts on Thursday. The main opposition Patriotic Front (PF), in power…