By GLORIA SIWISHA – ABOUT 1, 000 smallholder farmers in Lundazi District of Eastern Province, have started receiving  inputs under the Cross Border Network Africa (CBNA) red onion empowerment programme. CBNA is giving each beneficiary...

By MWIINGA MUKUWA – Acting Mansa District Commissioner Evans Sikabubba is concerned with the rate at which deforestation is affecting wildlife and human communities. Mr Sikabuba said the vice had continued to influence climate change...

By BENTLEY CHALI – IT is common to see  malnourished cattle in some rural areas of the country during the dry season. This is partly because grazing lands are burnt to make way for fresh...

‘PEOPLE grow old only by disserting their ideals rather than living a number of years. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul’— Billi Lim. To improve is to enhance...

By NDUBI MVULA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has finally walked the talk as he assented to the amended Constitution Bill in line with the promise he made eleven months ago during his inauguration as Zambia’s...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – FOR a long time, Zambia’s electricity generation has been based on hydro energy. But the prevailing power deficit has called for e rethink of hydroelectricity dependency. This is especially in view...

I ASKED a friend of mine the other day what his main new year’s resolution for 2016 was. The answer he gave surprised me. He said he would be spending more time with his children....

At the beginning of the New Year, you are hopefully prepared to live, and also ready to die. The rest of your life lies before you, but so does the realm of the afterlife in...

By JAMES KUNDA – PARLIAMENT was a hive of activities in 2015 as lawmakers brainstormed on several issues affecting the nation. A session of the National Assembly was for the first time in 2015 opened...

PHIL  McGraw says “Every one of us, you included, has within us everything we will ever need to be, do and have anything and everything we will ever want and need.” That everything within you...