By MICHELO HIMAAMBO – Shoprite Holdings is the largest fast moving consumer goods retail operation on the African continent. Its chain of outlets under the Shoprite Checkers brand, which is Zambia’s number one retailer, is...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – A GOOD Government gets closer to its people so that all matters concerning the communities are addressed timely. In a country as large and sparsely populated as Zambia, citizen participation and...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – MOST countries around the world refer to their heads of State and presidents, whose official residences are referred to as presidential palaces. However, not all countries refer to these residences as...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – BY virtue of Zambia’s colonial past, township names and streets have been predominantly British as at independence. But during the post-independence era, the concept of localisation began to take root. Local...

MACNUT says ‘The power is in the speaking. Your life today, is a result of what you said yesterday. Death and life are in the power of your words.’ You can rise up from the...

THIS week, I will start by reflecting on reports which, in the past week, have emerged from Kitwe where it has been “party time” for some miners who received their retrenchment packages. Mopani Copper Mines...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – THE 10th of December every year is commemorated as International Human Rights Day. This day came about by the actions of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s position to adopt the...

ONE of the things to which most people pay little attention is the roof. They only pay attention to it begins to rain heavily and it starts to leak. If you have had the opportunity...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE – THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has been hailed as a new vehicle for Zambia’s economic growth. Since the closure of the Zambia Industrial and Mining Corporation (ZIMCO) and other key corporations...

By CHARLES SIMENGWA – ANGLICAN priest Richard Luonde has inarguably been jostling for visibility in national discourse, but along the way he has muddled up important facts. In a poor attempt to pour scorn on...