PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has demonstrated parental care and concern for the people of the Copperbelt by promptly setting up deliberate pillars of support in the wake of job losses. Soon after visiting the province, and...

ZAMBIA has this year experienced a historical and enormous power deficit largely because of the low water levels in the Kariba Dam, the major source of hydro energy in the country. The power deficit has...

It is heartening to hear that a party that is bent on overhauling the Zambian economy has announced that the country is aiming at diversifying the economy from dependence on copper mining to other sectors...

ALL stakeholders who purport to be concerned about the continued rise in the number of defilement and related cases should heed to the frantic cry of Justice Ireen Mambilima who has acutely noted that long...

POPE John Paul II once said a society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members, and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying. We thus...

THE road traffic accident statistics revealed by the Zambia Police last week are alarming and cannot pass without comment. It is saddening to hear reports that more than 641 people have died in 8, 639...

THE proposed hike in electricity tariffs by Zesco may seem outrageous, but given the power problems Zambia is facing – due to natural causes – it is imperative. Truly, there is a huge need for...

THE loud cry by many Zambians for investment in manufacturing industries as opposed to shopping malls has been heard. This is because a group of Chinese investors currently in the country from Tianjin, Northern China,...

CRACKING down on tax evasion should be a goal of any serious government and any law-abiding citizen should avoid indictment by coming clean. Previous governments have been slow to chase tax evaders exposed by the...

The news of the continued increase in mealie meal prices by millers and other dealers is a source of serious concern to the nation. Apart from it affecting the stomach, it also has the potential...