GROWING up on the Copperbelt in the pre-independence days was great fun for most youths because of the social welfare centres or youth clubs mine and municipal council managements introduced to combat social problems like...

By SYCORAX NDHLOVU – As we were discussing whether the weather was moving from summer to winter or vice versa, the issue of witchcraft in workplaces cropped up. Problems in beliefs arise when people speak...

SIMON MWALE recounts his experience with a Vatican security officer on a day he and other Zambians first attended mass at the St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, outside Rome in Italy when the Pope’s event...

By DAVID YOUNG – “I WAS among the people who used to cut down trees for charcoal burning…. But I have come to understand the devastating impact of deforestation. I also take time to share this...

IMAGINE the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigating high profile cases involving Government officials! This means that there is a revolution going on in Zambia, in the form of fighting corruption. The current zero tolerance on corruption...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – UNDER ordinary circumstances, she deserves an award for her perseverance with her education. Mary Chasunkwa, a 13-year-old Grade Six pupil at Chisakila Primary School, in the remote parts of Kafue District,...

By POTIPHER TEMBO – EDUCATION is important to any nation. To achieve quality education, Government cannot do this alone but through cooperating with other stakeholders such as the private sector and the non-governmental organisations (NGOs)....

By POTIPHER TEMBO EDUCATION is important to any nation. To achieve quality education, Government cannot do this alone but through cooperating with other stakeholders such as the private sector and the non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI- THE  just ended two-day Agri-tech Expo has exposed the need to run the agricultural sector profitably by engaging in crop and livestock diversification if Zambia is to derive the much needed benefits...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- NATIONAL AIDS Council (NAC) has called for the need to invest in HIV research if the rate of HIV transmission is to be reversed. Speaking in Chisamba during a recent media symposium...