By MOSES KABAILA jr – RECENTLY, local media in Nigeria reported that a state of emergency had been declared in the tomato sector of Nigeria’s Kaduna State. A moth called the Tomato Leaf Miner or...

By BEN KANGWA – IN this period when political parties are or have kicked off their campaign trails, they do not want to leave anything to chance. Serious attention is being given to selling themselves...

By SPECIALIST WRITER – NOW that we are done with the adoptions and the filing in of nomination papers by qualified aspiring candidates, attention shifts to the actual race of who beats who in the...

By CHRIS KAKUNTA – SHE hurriedly carries her basket full of maize cobs to her home a few metres away from where I was waiting for her. It is the maize crop that she and...

Over and above all things, voters look for leadership that inspires; and it will be the case in this election year. All elected leaders change the course of voters’ lives; the inspirational leaders will motivate...

LAST week we celebrated Africa Freedom day. It was a leisurely Wednesday and a tempting time to get into long-winded arguments. I found myself in one of those philosophical discussions on whether Africa was in...

By FELIX MALUNGA – IT is shocking that only 47 per cent of births in Zambia are attended to by skilled health workers at health institutions while home delivery has an incredible 53 per cent....

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – FOR many generations, small-scale farmers have produced an estimated 90 per cent of Zambia’s food requirements using the hoe, and for generations, the country has failed to fully exploit its agriculture...

LAST week, Zambia played host to the 2016 annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) meeting whose theme was ‘Energy and Climate Change’. The meeting reflected the Bank’s New Deal on Energy and the...

Today we will look at yet another interesting but dangerous topic of jealousy in the home. Almost everyone has felt the sting of jealousy at some point in life. Jealousy has affected every marriage at...