On Septembr 30, 2015 I got mail from AVAC in New York (USA) commenting on the latest World Health Organisation (WHO)’s ‘Early Release Guideline’ on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)...

By SAM PHIRI – WELL-DONE! I must say, to Suwilanji Siame for a brilliant concept of a scintillating reality ZNBC’s Junior President Show! Before delving into the programme’s production issues, let me congratulate the two...

MOST of the people who attended last week’s Stanbic Jazz Festival at the upperdeck of Levy Park Mall in Lusaka confessed to have known American Jazz musician Earl Klugh’s songs through radio. The over 2,000...

By SAM PHIRI – IT’S a thought through fact that Lusaka and other cities of Zambia have become less organised, dirty and unregulated such that one does not even need to ask questions of who...

1.     Mr. Speaker, I beg to move that the House do now resolve into Committee of Supply on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1st January, 2016 to 31st December, 2016,...

In its quest to achieve a people-driven Constitution, Zambia is to hold a national referendum as part of next year’s tripartite elections during which the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and President Edgar Lungu will be...

We live in a time when truth is in bad taste; when to tell the truth is hate speech; when to avoid the truth is to be politically correct; when to preach salvation through Jesus...

By CHARLES  SIMENGWA – THE incessant criticism targeted at the declaration of October 18, 2015 as a day of repentance, prayer and fasting for Zambia is indicative of the collective failure by some people to...

By MILDRED KATONGO and YVONNE CHATE – Socio-economic development and growth in any country is linked to the good transport infrastructure. A good road network plays an important role in maximising economic growth. It also...

By CHARITY MOONGA – AS a lower middle income country, Zambia has achieved an average annual growth of about 6.4 per cent, however, the country’s economic growth has not translated into significant poverty reduction. Sixty...