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Building Bridges: Zambia and Australia in Mining Collaborations

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Dr. Elias Munshya One comment

Dr. Elias Munshya, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Australia, reflects on a successful economic diplomacy mission aimed at fostering partnerships in Zambia’s mining sector. Accompanied by AustMine METS companies, the delegation engaged with local businesses and explored opportunities beyond minerals. The trip emphasized the importance of human connections and cultural engagement, leading to ongoing initiatives for deeper collaboration and investment in Zambia.

My Tour of Royalla Solar Farm in Canberra

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Dr. Elias Munshya 5 comments

Canberra – February 7, 2023 We were privileged today to receive at our office Mr. Peter Bulanyi, CEO of Mega Watt Power Pty Ltd, a company with years of experience in the Australian solar power industry. Mr. Bulanyi took us on a familiarization tour of Royalla Solar Farm, a local solar farm in Canberra. Royalla generates about 20 Megawatts of

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When the State Becomes a False Prophet: How Rev. Sumaili’s views threaten Zambia’s constitutionalism

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Dr. Elias Munshya 10 comments

E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MBA, MDIV. Zambia’s minister of religious affairs and national guidance, the Honourable Reverend Godfridah Sumaili spoke with the Zambia Blog Talk Radio on Saturday, May 20, 2017. I found her sentiments in that interview to be deeply disturbing. Rev. Sumaili sounds like a very good person. However, tyranny when perpetrated by good people is very difficult

Learning from King Cobra: Sata, Hichilema and the politics of electoral defeat

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dr. Elias Munshya 7 comments

By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. There is no better way to win an election than to win an election. For those who win elections, they win elections by winning elections. Those who want to win an election must win an election by winning an election and not winning a court case. In 2006, Michael Chilufya Sata of the Patriotic Front

Loving the “Other” In Zambia: Towards a praxis of peace in political violence

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Dr. Elias Munshya 3 comments

By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV Our nation is in crisis. We have suddenly realised that we too are a violent nation. The so called oasis of peace, we think we are, has been challenged a great deal by recent events. Zambians known for hospitality made headlines in April, 2016 when they looted shops owned by foreigners. Suddenly, right before

Zambia’s Sugo Fiasco: Interpreting the constitution’s Grade 12 requirement

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Dr. Elias Munshya 11 comments

E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MBA, M.Div. In the recent constitution amendment signed by President Edgar Lungu is a provision that is both absurd and confusing. According to Article 70 (1) (d), a person is eligible to be elected as a Member of Parliament, if that person “has obtained, as a minimum academic qualification, a grade twelve certificate or its equivalent”.

Mwamba, Kasama and the changing political landscape in Zambia

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 7 comments

By Elias Munshya, LLM, M.Div., MBA The resignation of Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) from the Patriotic Front (PF) to the United Party for National Development (UPND) is a game changer. It is a game changer for both the PF and the UPND. It is rather fascinating, if not shocking, to see how GBM is managing to champion two causes that

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Damaging Zambia: Why parliamentary floor-crossing dents our democracy

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 3 comments

By Elias Munshya, LLM, M.Div., M.A., LLB, B.A. Multi-party participatory democracy is deeply weaved in the very fabric of Zambian democracy. It should be an offence under the penalty of treason to undermine our democratic foundations fortified by the concrete beams of multipartyism. Zambians fought Kenneth Kaunda’s one-party participatory democracy because we knew the benefit that lay in having parties

Cuundu Chaitwa: Leveraging the power of regional politics in Zambia

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 5 comments

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Regions are vital ingredients of our democracy. Without regional power and peculiarities, Zambian democracy would have long perished. The best way for Zambia is a heterogeneous political polity and a diverse confluence of various regional patterns and preferences. Instead of castigating regionalism, we must now, more than ever, embrace it and leverage it for national development.

A Nation of Ba Chakolwa: My position on Pilato’s “A Lungu Anabwera”

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 7 comments

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Chama Fumba’s “A Lungu Anabwera” is most likely defamatory, disparaging, insulting and slanderous. No matter how we spin it, stating that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a “clueless drunkard from Chawama who came with suitcases full of ‘Kachasu’” is, quite probably, defamatory. The problem is not really whether Chama has defamed, but rather what we should

One Zambia One Kapokola: Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the defence of democratic freedoms

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 5 comments

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Hakainde Hichilema can be quite upsetting sometimes. Just when President Lungu is trying to settle in his presidency, there appears Hakainde Hichilema making it difficult for President Edgar Lungu to shine. Just a few days after an increase in the price of paraffin, petrol and diesel, HH took it upon himself to “rub it in” by going

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Converting 1 Million Baptisms Into Votes: An analysis of the political theology of the SDA Church in Zambia

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 6 comments

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. We all must congratulate the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Zambia for its one-millionth baptism. Since its establishment in Zambia, the church baptized its one-millionth member in April 2015. While this feat has not been easy, it has demonstrated the resiliency and faithfulness of one of Zambia’s most widespread churches. The celebrations themselves were politically marred

Zambian Presidential Elections Results Current Update

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya 4 comments

Note: These are full constituency results from the few constituencies collated so far. We are using the following sources: The Post Newspaper, Flava FM and Radio Mano. We are only using those provisional results at constituency level and we will be updating as we go. It is too early but a pattern is showing already. Note that we do not

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Vote for Peace, Vote in Peace!

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Dr. Elias Munshya One comment

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The time is finally here. In a few days, Zambia goes to the polls. What a milestone. Mature nations and great democracies use the ballot as the only legitimate way to change or not-change a government. For this we must commend ourselves and thank God Almighty for having given us the grace and the opportunity to

Hakainde Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the Politics of Contrasts and Comparisons

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Dr. Elias Munshya 8 comments

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The campaign time has come in earnest. It seems all the parties now have a general idea of who is going to be their presidential candidate. It is game on. Without being sub judice, it is clear that after the discharge of the injunction against Rupiah Banda, the ECZ and several other interested parties almost

Is Stella Shooting at Shadows?: Hichilema, Police IG Libongani & “Amayendele”

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Dr. Elias Munshya 2 comments

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. In our democracy, there should be no reason why the police command should be wasting taxpayers’ bullets and teargas to chase Hakainde Hichilema (HH) out of the Eastern Province. Bullets and teargas should be for criminals and not ordinary citizens. Reports that Inspector-General (IG) Stella Libongani had sent a battalion of police and soldiers to

Aleisa, Aleisa: Challenges and Opportunities for Hakainde Hichilema

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Dr. Elias Munshya One comment

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), Mdiv. We make no error by stating, unequivocally, that Hakainde Hichilema was the big winner from the by-elections held in February. Things are looking pretty good for HH. The United Party for National Development (UPND) did exceptionally well. It is becoming eloquently clear that the winds of political fortune are gusting their way. For how long,

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Politics of Chigololo: President Sata, HH and the slurring of fatherless children

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Dr. Elias Munshya 3 comments

By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Instead of being a father to the fatherless, President Sata has become a scoffer of the fatherless. Instead of being a father of the nation, President Sata has chosen to ridicule those among citizens who have lived without knowing their fathers. Quite extraordinarily, it takes a lot of steel for a man to condemn

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Hakainde Hichilema, Luapula Province and the Politics of Tribal Perception

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dr. Elias Munshya One comment

Munshya wa Munshya It was certain that the Patriotic Front party was going to win the Mansa by-election. We all expected the PF to win. Luapula is their stronghold after all. And no doubt, the people of Mansa Central showed that they have not changed a bit in their unwavering support for the don’t kubeba party and its leader Michael

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Bombasa Fyapena: Why We Must Not Blame the Law When Our Politics Go Berserk

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Dr. Elias Munshya 4 comments

By Munshya wa Munshya Over the issue of the lifting of Rupiah’s immunity, we are conflating too many issues and I am afraid it is becoming confusing for me. I have not said that what parliament did was FAIR. I have not even supported the action of parliament. I have not said what they said was good for the country.