By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA’S egg production grew by 18 per cent during the year ended 2014, the Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) has said. TEgg production increased to 1, 058.5 million last year up...

LAST Sunday was father’s day. When I was growing up in the 1970s, we never had such a day. Perhaps, I did not grow up in the right social class to be aware of its...

By CLEMENT KAPONDA  – IT is said that health is wealth. But for the marginalised and vulnerable groups, access to health care services remains a pipedream if not a nightmare. It is an established fact...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – COUNTRIES like America have what they call Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which is a nutrition panel that helps update and revise the nation’s dietary guidelines. The panel, comprising 14 health experts...

By CHARLES SIMENGWA – DEEP feelings of sadness ran through the family of Jonas Ngulube (not real name), who died in a road traffic accident in Kitwe recently. It was clear from the teary faces...

I WAS priviledged to watch the  Inter-district games for Central Province schools hosted at Kabwe Secondary School. It was amazing to see rural pupils from as far as Luano District reaching the finals in the...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – CONGESTION is one of the main challenges that have continued to affect prisons in many countries including Zambia. Other challenges in prisons include poor diet, degrading clothing and a general poor...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA  – A TRADITIONAL healer from Pemba in Southern Province has narrated in the court how he was approached by a Mumbwa man seeking spiritual cleansing after he allegedly murdered his wife. Hamalambo...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Zambia Prisons Service has said it does not support sodomy as the practice is illegal and against the country’s values and morals. Zambia Prisons Service Commissioner Percy Chato said the...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has expressed happiness with development activities taking root in Kalumbila area in Solwezi District spurred by mining activities there. Kalumbila Mine operations have commenced with...