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Background: The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign in 2002, which resulted in the prosecution of former President Frederick CHILUBA and many of his supporters in late 2003. Opposition parties currently hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

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By KoolguyTy
August 15th 2005

Education is Awesome

Africa » Zambia » Chipata

Orphanage

A friend and I in Canada were bantering back and fourth about the conditions for teachers these days versus the hours they work and the time they get off. He asserted that teachers receive no more vacation days than anyone else. I quickly reminded him of the whole summer with July and August. He sat there bewildered for a second and then replied with a smirk, “Oh yeah, I guess we count those in months.” While I’ve always been a proponent of teachers and education in general, it was always something that was more of an automatic response: is education good? [View Full Entry]

By KoolguyTy
August 4th 2005

Mr. Lackson Daka

Africa » Zambia » Chipata

Lackson

I thought it might be valuable for everyone to gain an appreciation for Zambian domestics but it seemed an overwhelming task since the term “family life” is about as close to nuclear as Canada is tropical. Canada itself, with the divorce rate at approximately 50%, has experienced major paradigm shifts in the past fifty years in the traditional definition. Add a fatal pandemic infecting between 20-30% of the population, intermarriage between 72 tribes in Zambia alone that haven’t always lived in harmony, and a dash of traditional social norms mostly absent in North America a [View Full Entry]

By KoolguyTy
July 12th 2005

Whose Korrupt?

Africa » Zambia » Chipata

Chicken?
First the chicken, next the Wendy the pig for the BBC's

I think everyone would admit that corruption is ubiquitous to some degree in every society; no one’s perfect. In Canada all of us have greased a bouncer, bent the rules to help out a friend, and been a victim or benificary of the problem. However the corruption that exists here in Zambia appears to be of a different breed and magnitude than that at home. Many Zambian’s I have spoken with feel that thee biggest problem in getting a job is corruption. I don’t think too many Canadian’s experience this as the biggest barrier in securing employment and most would [View Full Entry]

By KoolguyTy
June 16th 2005

First Blood

Africa » Zambia » Chipata

The intention of this blog is to share my experience with development here in Zambia. I realise being only one person and here for only four months implies a limited perspective and time constraint but I think through my integration in the community and position with a prominent NGO (non-government organization) It is possible for you to fgain a valuable apprecation for the framework of development in Zambia, typical barriers and challenges encountered, and the livelihoods of those it is intended to benefit. Hopefully this will either spark some curiosity, awken a previously dormant in deve [View Full Entry]

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