Pamela was in Namwala and observed that the affected areas, and the entire town, has no drainage system. She established that the only available single culvert, with Road Development Agency (RDA) branding, is old, small and can hardly hold off a huge volume of water.

In Uganda, repression by the ageing Museveni’s 37-year-old National Resistance Movement regime is only intensifying. The country is home to one of the world’s youngest populations, with 77% of citizens below 25 years old.

According to Zimbabwe’s leaders, suppressing the people described by acting ZANU-PF spokesman Patrick Chinamasa as ‘hired hooligans and hoodlums’ is simply the right thing to do.

The class action suit was filed on behalf of children and women of child-bearing age who have suffered injury and harm as a result of exposure to lead pollution.

Repression and resistance: how a new generation challenges African autocrats and their international allies

Although Viviers has lived in South Africa for most of her life, she has her roots in Zambia

In this column, Bazzi plots new ways of becoming famous, and investigates The President’s claim to Christian Sainthood. Perhaps both The President and Bazzi need a career change.

The challenge of a New Dawn in a thoroughly damaged country

With results of the mandatory post-mortem still pending release, disturbing details of the Nyirenda debacle are slowly beginning to emerge. For instance, is the body purported to be that of Nyirenda really the one being closely guarded at the UTH mortuary? Furthermore, is there a body at all?

Dr Malungo is part of a team at Smile Train that has provided free corrective surgery to 1.5 million children with cleft lip and palate across the world. Her journey began at the University of Zambia where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.

The author argues that the decision by President Hakainde Hichilema to abolish the crime of defaming the Zambian President is a judgment on the competence of the Zambian Judiciary.

Uzabakiriho, who got his first job clearing dead bodies off the streets in Congo is now one of the eight African male gynaecologist oncologists in South Africa. His recent graduation at the University of Pretoria marked a culmination of a dream that began in 1994.

Tempers are rising high in Mansa, caused by delays in the release of CDF money meant for various development initiatives. Adding fuel to the fire are allegations that disbursements were focused mainly on Patriotic Front dominated cooperatives, writes Annabel Mulenga in Mansa.

In November this year, the head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, admitted recruiting Nyirenda from prison, claiming the young man willingly agreed to go and fight against Ukraine.

In this column, Bazzi wonders what insults qualify as Defaming the President, and wants to know when he’ll get arrested.

After years of resident complaints of toxic fumes and health issues, Government has issued an order to close the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine in Sinazongwe district in Southern Province.

ACC head of corporate communications Timothy Moono, said during the routine quarterly media briefing in Lusaka that the “Commission does not have eyes everywhere” and that help from citizens is required to deal with corruption.

In this article, the author tries to demonstrate that Linyungandambo has a genuine concern and that a lawful and constitutionally viable solution can be found.

Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia. So how did he end up dying in combat in Ukraine?

Kinahan, 65, is the leader of one of Europe’s most notorious gangs, a narcotics, money-laundering and arms-trafficking cartel with ties to Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

The water which residents use for cooking, drinking, cleaning and irrigating their crops is from Nkadabbwe stream which flows through the mine. The residents allege that their wells and boreholes are equally contaminated.

In this newest monthly column, Bazzi does not promise to be as entertaining as Roy Clarke, but he only promises to try his best to get deported.

The MakanDay Centre for Investigative Journalism’s attempts to get an explanation from government or presidential authorities have been unsuccessful. No official or politician seems to know anything about Sadhu’s arrest and release.

The consultants, who are supposed to advise citizens about labour-related matters, are also faking as labour officers and charging clients exorbitant amounts of money for the service.

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), says mining operations of Letšeng Diamond Mine, Storm Mountain Diamonds (Kao) and Liqhobong Diamond Mine continue to pollute water sources critical in the project catchment areas in Mokhotlong & Botha-Botha

MakanDay prepared a set of questions, including what action has been taken to prevent injuries and deaths at a Chinese-owned mine in north-western Zambia, the department chose to redirect the request to the parent ministry.

The family of a 14-year-old girl are calling for criminal charges to be laid against a man who participated in the “kuthila nsembe” traditional ceremony of the Nsenga people in Chieftainess Mwanjabanthu’s chiefdom in Petauke district in eastern Zambia.

It is clear to us that gay people are entitled to all rights in the Constitution, like any other person. These include freedoms of expression, assembly and association, privacy, equality and dignity, Dr. O’Brien Kaaba and Dr. Pamela Towela Sambo writes that they should be left alone.

A wind farm hailed as Africa’s largest renewable energy project and the solution to Lesotho’s hefty electricity costs has ground to a halt. Sechaba Mokhethi investigates why.

Experts say because of farmers' inability to prove ownership, legal disputes and land grabs are escalating land wrangles in the country.