ON May 3 annually, journalists world over commemorate World Press Freedom Day. It is a time when journalists to reflect on successes, failures or challenges encountered during the course of duty. The theme for this...

By PETER ZIMBA – CHIEF Katyetye of Isoka District in Muchinga Province has advised farmers not to sell their produce to private buyers at give-away prices as this compromises household food security. Chief Katyetye of...

By CHARLES SIMENGWA – I AM overly attracted to the 2016 Labour Day theme which is, ‘Achieving national development through productive decent work, sustainable job creation and social justice’. This is because it is in...

MOST African urban areas, including Zambian urban areas, experience the challenge of open and illegal disposal of garbage and waste. Garbage or waste is any substance or object which the holder discards, intends or is...

By NDUBI MVULA – IT was on July 12, 1966 around 15:00 hours (3.00 p.m.) that Zambians and the international community witnessed the colourful and flamboyant installation of the country’s first chancellor of the newly-established...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – FOR a long time, investing in Africa has been left to foreign powers rather than Africans themselves. African governments have often drawn up national development strategies and policies which emphasise attracting...

IN Africa in general and Zambia in particular there is a fundamental problem with exercise. Firstly ,historically there was no distinction between work and exercise, because the type of physical work done in the course...

By NDUBI MVULA – LIKE in any given profession, there are rules that govern operations so that it attracts attention and players in the quest to present a picture of acceptability. Professions like law, engineering,...

ON March 11, this year, Zambia ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury that is aimed at reducing global mercury pollution in the near future. This, therefore, means that Zambia agrees to the principles and obligations...

By CHARITY MOONGA – ONE of the many ornaments that have dominated women’s feminism and sexuality from time immemorial in Africa are waist beads. Waist beads called Chisasa among the Bemba and Bulungu for Tongas...