….to protect the mines. By Tshepo Magagane A pantomime of the leopold-era for SNL. Sierra Leone first lady put it best “for every USD100m of minerals that leave the country, we get USD10,000”! Protecting the Congolese Minerals from the Congolese who own them. The DRC can never have peace until the Congolese have peace. This […]
Please Tell Your Fathers That We’re Tired …
There is a Zambian man who has become quite a common sight. You won’t find him dancing to amapiano at Dacapo, filming people on the streets and force-feeding them a dictionary or talking at every forum, masterclass and conference in town. You’ll find this man on radio, TV, social media and especially this year, in […]
Why the Zambian Man is Under Care and Maintenance …
There’s that tired scenario where a mine goes into “care and maintenance,” to indirectly ask a government to take it easy with planned tax hikes. It doesn’t mean the mine is closing. It simply keeps its assets in decent shape so everything doesn’t fall apart. Today’s Zambian man has good reason to place himself under […]
Africa, These Minerals Belong To Us
By Tshepo Magagane The West is underpinned by the wealth that has been extracted from Africa. For Zambia to get to 3Mtpa, you need 800ktpa to come from Independent Projects. From MRE, PFS, BFS, PF; it will take USD12-15bn. However, when these projects come into production – they will be throwing off that much in […]
Masculinity is a drama not even Netflix can make.
I recently checked the brochure and couldn’t find anything on our wives or girlfriends having to be friends with each other. You see, just because we grew up together in Chingola or Chelstone or work together, it doesn’t call for the women in our lives to share recipes and skin care routines out of politeness […]
Washington Is Holding Zambia’s HIV Patients Hostage for Minerals.
OPINION: Washington is threatening to withhold HIV treatment unless Zambia hands over access to its copper and cobalt. The terms are worse than anything offered to any other African country. But Zambia has more leverage than it thinks. By Savior Mwambwa Mr. Mwambwa works on economic sovereignty and development finance in the global majority countries. […]
You actually do need new friends as a man.
High chance you don’t want new people around you when you’ve finally minted some success. It helps to filter out the chancers, takers and bringers of confusion. “No new friends” is a common trope for the man who now has a lot to lose after supposedly winning it all. In reality though, you’re undermining yourself […]
Chipolopolo: A bitter bullet to bite.
On Monday night, I watched Morocco dismantle my…OUR beloved Chipolopolo 3-0, and instead of blaming the referee like a normal person, I had an existential breakdown on my couch. I watched something disturbingly familiar unfold. After getting pummelled like nshima at matebeto, our boys scrambled for Hakimi’s jersey with the same enthusiasm they should’ve brought […]
Can we stop looking at other men’s wives?
There a lot of theories out there. Kenneth Kaunda died with the coordinates to where Zambia has oil fields and diamond deposits. Nkana FC is a football club. But none is more ridiculous than the one where you can deduce a man’s success simply by looking at his wife. Ati if you want to assess […]
Do men have a side of the story?
No lube, let’s go. Our tendency to absorb atrocities means we end up as the bad guy in the workplace, relationship, marriage, as a parent or any contentious situation. Societal encouragement to be strong and suffer in silence has us here today. Where nobody hears our side of the story. There are men who were […]