From Collins Chipote – in Bonn, Germany THE World Heritage Committee meets again, and this time in the historic city of Bonn, Germany! Many of you who may have followed this page coming every time...

South Africa attracted world attention early this year, sadly not for hosting another FIFA World Cup but for xenophobic attacks that flared in Durban and other cities in which scores of so-called African economic refugees...

By BRIAN HATYOKA- ZAMBIA and Mozambique have continued to share warm and cordial relations for many years now. Like Zambia, Mozambique has 10 provinces and also shares a border of about 300 Kilometres  with Zambia....

WHEN people who are related live in one town or township, life becomes easy because in times of need, they help each other. This has been happening in many African communities, especially in the rural...

When the late Bob Marley sang his famous lines ‘Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, one would think the warning only appeals to the unschooled. Unfortunately among this group of hapless victims of mental slavery are...

By HAPPY MULOLANI – Merian Kalala, is a 56-years-old small scale farmer in Solwezi district in North-Western Province and has an insatiable passion for fish farming which she embarked on a few years ago. Initially,...

WHAT have you done about the man who sacrificed His life for you? What have you done with Jesus Christ who suffered and died to bring your soul into eternal life? What have you done...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – It is a subject that is challenging established traditional African norms- ‘Should pupils be taught sex education?’ In a cultural clash that has pitted modernity with traditional African tenets, sex education...

THIS week, I will revisit the subject of child labour in view of its importance, as well as the efforts that are being made by different interest groups to halt it. My focus is on...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA – DESPITE having several challenges in raising capital or acquiring machinery, local hand-made shoe entrepreneurs have gone ahead to leave their footprint in the business. The small-scale entrepreneurs have carved an enviable...