Winnie Miti

ZICTA called for improved network performance and stronger infrastructure. Yet many users still experience congestion and fluctuating speeds. So, have network issues in Zambia truly improved?

Zambia’s 2023 curriculum reform marks one of the most significant shifts in the country’s education system in two decades. From restructuring Grades and reintroducing A Levels to encouraging earlier subject specialisation, the changes promise modernisation but also raise practical questions.

Nshima sits at the centre of most Zambian plates, so when people hear it linked to diabetes, the reaction is immediate. But is nshima really the problem, or how often and how much we eat it?

Zambia’s public service workers will see a K700 salary increase in March 2026, following a K500 adjustment the year before. On paper, it signals progress. In practice, many employees are already calculating what remains after PAYE, transport, school fees and rent.

Most people think investing is for high earners in boardrooms. In reality, many Zambians are already investors, through land, livestock, chilimbas, and small businesses. The difference today is access. With unit trusts, micro-investing apps, and growing angel networks, you can start building wealth with as little as K10.

Long before missionaries arrived, Zambians practised a layered cosmology connecting the living, ancestors, and the divine. Christianity didn't erase these beliefs; it merged with them, creating something distinctly Zambian. Today, couples receive both traditional marital instruction and church vows.

When a widow in Zambia remarries and brings inherited property into her new marriage, the lines between family, love, and legal rights can blur in unexpected ways. What happens when stepchildren raised as your own expect a share of property they didn't legally inherit? When does marriage merge assets, and when does it protect them?

Before TV visuals dominated, one man’s voice painted a beautiful picture of the football game for millions. Dennis Liwewe was an alchemist who turned crackling radio waves into shared national theatre.

Zambia has spent years telling girls to dream big, invest in education, reach for the stars. Zambia has raised a generation of educated, independent women. The only question is whether the rest of society is ready to catch up.

You know the drill. January arrives, motivation strikes, and you find yourself Googling weight-loss plans that promise a transformation. The photos look perfect—quinoa bowls, cauliflower rice, gluten-free everything.

For the city-dwelling Zambian, the village is a pilgrimage into a world where mornings are communal alarms, meals are negotiated family events, and social bonds are woven from earnest questions and shared chores.

By March, our New Year's resolutions likely get abandoned—not because we lack discipline, but because we lack systems. Most people set goals that look perfect on paper but crumble when life gets messy: when tired, distracted, or just plain bored.

In Zambian communities, folktales aren't relics of the past—they're living wisdom passed down through generations. These tales reveal how communities understand danger, recognise hidden value, and maintain sacred bonds with the land. More than entertainment, they remain vital guides for navigating modern life whilst honouring cultural memory.

History rarely remembers the women who built kingdoms, but Lueji wa Nkonde's legacy is impossible to erase. In seventeenth-century Central Africa, she inherited a fractured kingdom, united competing factions, and established governance structures that still shape the DRC, Angola, and Zambia today. She chose a political marriage that brought military strength, but ended it when her husband became a tyrant. She prioritised her people's welfare over personal loyalty.

African stories are everywhere now—on Netflix, in international campaigns, and across global media. But who's actually telling them? Whilst global platforms offer reach and funding, local African creators are asking a different question: why are our stories still being filtered, reshaped, and simplified for outside audiences?

A young girl learns her worth through comparisons to fairer skin. A boy laughs at jokes about his complexion whilst something tightens in his chest. These aren't dramatic moments—they're everyday occurrences that reveal how deeply colourism has woven itself into Zambian society.