Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia’s president, at the Group of 20 investment summit in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The op-ed of 13 June 2024 by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa (Mail & Guardian, “How President Hakainde Hichilema is using lawfare to subvert democracy in Zambia”) is deeply flawed. It would be a historical tragedy to let the op-ed slide without fact-checking or offering an alternative view.
Dr Sishuwa’s comparison that President Hichilema’s government is using lawfare to subvert democracy in…
