- 03
- Feb
It is a legal fact that Barotse people are not Zambians without the now-defunct Barotseland Agreement 1964. This is according to many eminent Zambian legal minds, two of whom are here below featured.
Dr. Rodger Chongwe, a renowned Zambian constitutional and human rights lawyer of international repute, has more than once advised the Zambian government to revisit the national laws to make sure that the Lozi people’s constitutional and human rights of self-determination in Zambia were not violated.
- 03
- Feb
Zambian government propaganda machinery is reportedly brewing to parade known disgraced elderly men purporting to be senior and founder members of Barotseland’s leading independence movement, Linyungandambo, on national television prime time, renouncing ‘separatist’ activities of the movement in favor of continued harmonious co-existence with the rest of Zambia.
- 03
- Feb
It is recommended that the following article be read as a continuation of 'Answer questions on Barotseland logically to stop Barotse from agitating for self-determination – Zambians Challenged, Part 01' found here: http://barotselandpost.com/top-stories/answer-questions-on-barotseland-logically-to-stop-barotse-from-agitating-for-self-determination-zambians-challenged-part-01
TERMINATING BAROTSELAND AGREEMENT 1964 BY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
Since the Barotseland Agreement 1964 was terminated by the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 5), 1969, no Barotse can question the validity of the Acts of Parliament of Zambia. However, if parliament amends, revokes or terminates a provision of law, who is qualified to question the authority and powers of parliament? Surely, if parliament terminates legal documents, it must be final!
- 19
- Jan
Barotse are generally reasonable, peaceful and civilized people. Therefore, to stop them from pursuing their independence from Zambia, all one needs to do is answer their many questions on Barotseland logically. Sadly, however, what the Zambian government and Zambians have often done, thus far, is to arrest and ostracize them for asking pertinent questions about Barotseland, making them believe that no sane person, politician, legal mind or otherwise can argue that their claim for self-determination is illegitimate.
- 14
- Jan
As rightly observed by the Ngambela last week, the cholera epidemic currently ravaging Zambia has now crossed Barotseland’s borders with three cases recorded in Kaoma and Senanga respectively in the past one week.
The victims in all case recorded so far are reported to be Zambian traders coming from the plagued nation’s capital, Lusaka, on their routine trading activities in Barotseland.
- 06
- Jan
As the new year dawns, we wish to commend the many people who have held their ground in our push for a completely self-determined Barotseland amidst much pain and retribution from an increasingly repressive Zambian regime that seeks to obliterate our kingdom through a forced union that neither recognizes nor offers any real benefit to the Barotse.
![[L-R] Ngambela Nyambe Mwenda, Cholera treatment center in Lusaka, Zambia](/media/k2/items/cache/8dcbd65e1b504cf67097f96ae2a567bd_L.jpg)
- 06
- Jan
Zambia is currently grappling with the worst cholera epidemic in recent years, if not ever, that has spread across the country beyond the usually susceptible unplanned slums of the large metropolitan capital, Lusaka, with the military deployed to combat the diarrheal disease which has already claimed several hundreds of its victims out of the more than two thousand cases recorded so far in Lusaka since October, 2017.
- 06
- Jan
My fellow Barotse compatriots at home and in the Diaspora, I wish you All a prosperous and fruitful 2018. This is the year of manifestation of our aspirations.
As we deeply reflect on our achievements for 2017 and as you make your resolutions for 2018, I bring to you my special 2018 New Year greetings and message.
![FILE: [L-R] Second Republican President FTJ Chiluba of Zambia, King Ilute Yeta IV of Barotseland](/media/k2/items/cache/1faac66da558b39ce1b69794e4285496_L.jpg)
- 27
- Dec
This letter is here reproduced for public records only. While the content remains unchanged, an emphasis was added by capitalizations in some cases. It is here published to show how Litunga Yeta IV, as king of Barotseland, expounded the Linyungandambo philosophy to confront then president of Zambia, FTJ Chiluba, and his government who had sought to undermine his authority as King of Barotseland.
![FILE: [L-R] Second Republican President FTJ Chiluba of Zambia, King Ilute Yeta IV of Barotseland](/media/k2/items/cache/6373d1470844afe3e9d86261f2292612_L.jpg)
- 27
- Dec
As explained in a previous article, ‘LINYUNGA-NDAMBO’ is that which shakes the neighbor to awaken them to real facts they may have ignored, overlooked or not known for one reason or the other, to make them acknowledge the situation as it really is, making them see the elephant in the room or admit that the emperor has no clothes.
- 22
- Dec
Following the infamous clash of motorcades on Barotseland’s Mongu-Limulunga Road at April’s Kuomboka festival that saw him and five others imprisoned for four months on treason charges, Zambia’s main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday made an emotional return to Mongu.
- 21
- Dec
The Catholic Church in Zambia has observed that the 2016 signed national constitution undermined the possibility of resolving the Barotseland self-determination question which they consider a source of simmering tension since Zambia's Independence.