ECONOMIC diversification is critical to Zambia’s long-term development and, least of all, to end the heavy dependence on the minerals. This diversification effort should be mounted at all levels, including within the sectors, by identifying...

HARRIENT Beecher Stowe, an American abolitionist and author, who lived in the 19th century once said: Women are the real architects of society.With today’s resounding talk about empowering women, her words were true. Over the...

IT is heartening to hear that negotiations for improved conditions of service for civil servants between the Government and the unions are set to resume after nearly a year’s lag. This follows a directive by...

THE Government’s creation of the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) fund facility to enhance entrepreneurship among Zambians was well-intended because the move would help to mitigate the rising levels of poverty in the country. This...

ACCORDING to the Transparency International (TI), trillions of dollars are spent each year on purchase of goods and services as well as on public projects by governments, world-over. These works range from schools to hospitals,...

FIRE fighting has proved to be a mammoth task for the local authorities in Zambia owing to challenges being faced such as inadequate equipment and manpower. In many instances, property worth millions of Kwacha is...

THE 2015 MISA Zambia media awards hosted on Friday last week have proved to be nothing but a sham if speculations doing the rounds are anything to go by. In its advertisement calling for entries...

TOMORROW, Zambia joins the world to commemorate Press Freedom that is celebrated every year, May 3 to honour, among other things, the fundamental principles of Press freedom; to evaluate Press freedom around the world, to...

THE mobile National Registration Card (NRC) issuance exercise is here again and this time around, is targeting more than one million people mainly youths who will also be eligible for voting in the 2016 Presidential...

ALL over the world, there is growing evidence that Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the national economic development of any country. SMEs are becoming more and more a subject of high...