PARLIAMENTARIANS recently heard about irrigation as a means of countering water challenges in agriculture. Irrigation can help improve productivity for Zambia’s farmers. Irrigation is a necessity especially as the country continues to experience increasing growth...

MEMORY plays a big role in our life. It allows us to remember skills that we’ve learned, or retrieve information that is stored in the brain, or recall a precious moment that occurred in the...

By NDUBI MVULA – THE Commonwealth Health ministers are this month expected to gather in Geneva, Switzerland, for an annual meeting starting May 21, 2017 which is the eve of the 70th World Health Assembly....

By Anthony Mukwita – This week, His Excellency Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé of Togo joined the bulging list of international leaders queuing up to visit President Edgar Lungu as Zambia continues to fly high its economic...

‘The Ministry of Health has a mounted a very healthy programme aimed at keeping Zambians healthy through regular exercise and good nutrition’. That was my immediate reaction upon receiving three text messages from the ministry,...

THE number of cases where some wives complain about their husbands failing to provide food for their families is worrying. It is quite disheartening to hear such wives complaining about their husbands being irresponsible and...

ONE of the newest and most advanced copper smelters in the world is not in China or Canada or the United States, but right here in Zambia. This US$900 million marvel of technology, which started...

IF you are single, looking to marry, you will be concerned about the qualities and attributes that your future spouse will bring into a lifelong matrimonial relationship. You have your preferences, inclinations and attractions about...

By DOROTHY CHISI- ZAMBIA is renowned for being home to the Victoria Falls, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. But although the country has some of the richest tourism sites and...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA – THE amazing Kuomboka traditional ceremony of the Lozi people in Western Province is back! The traditional ceremony is an interesting annual cultural spectacle that will be commemorated tomorrow. The ceremony is...