A Case for Capitalism. Musaba Chailunga strongly contends that what differentiates the rich and the poor nations is capitalism. Chailunga believes that democracy and capitalism only, and nothing else, win the day: "Democracies should guarantee nationals to pursue wealth, and Capitalism to realize dreams" he notes.

The Kyambalesa Vision. Mr. Henry Kyambalesa of Regis University in the United States of America proposes nineteen priorities for national development. These comprehensive national priority issues, Mr. Kyambalesa says, "have been pressing hard upon my heart over the last 20 or so years, and which, I believe, Zambians would endorse if we had the resources to reach the grassroots with the message."

Letters to Zambia. Chabala Viktor Mubili is a Zambian residing in Canada. Mubili works in the mining sector and has vast experience in mining issues. He has written extensively to the Zambian media on issues that are important to Zambia's political and economic future. Reproduced here are some of Mubili's contributions to the Post newspaper in Zambia.

Is Market Economics for Zambia? As the situation in Zambia shows, introducing market economics in the early 1990s was totally wrong because there was no market. For market reforms to work there must be in place the forces of demand and supply working.

What Kind of Leadership Does Zambia Deserve? Yesterday’s approaches to the resolution of problems facing Zambia—and any African country as a matter of fact—are not likely to do an effective job; after all, they have evidently and lamentably failed to do the job in the past! We, therefore, need leaders who are willing to develop new attitudes, skills and strategies in order to wrestle successfully with the complex and volatile socio-economic conditions of our time.

Zambians Are Hard Workers. If Zambians work like donkeys why is poverty so rife especially among communities where people work in the morning, at noon and evening? First, we are lazy at planning for long-term.