By BWALYA KAMPAMBA – Facts about Crocodiles THEY are reptiles and are, therefore, cold-blooded, relying on the sun to warm them. They use mud as a sunscreen to prevent dehydration. Females lay up to 70...

By DIERRE SAKALA – THE Government, through the Department of Cooperatives Development, has embarked on a countrywide programme of selecting model cooperatives it will be working with to promote entrepreneurship among the societies. In this...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – INFORMATION and communication Technologies (ICTs) are a double-edged sword, so says Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) head of consumer protection Katwamba Mwansa. That is the painful truth that users...

AT some stage the Times of Zambia seems to have been the only newspaper with a rich corps of first-class journalists on its payroll, all named after the prophet Samuel who was given to God...

GEORGE MWILA was walking home after a drink one day, but unknown to him was that he would be a victim of a mob that swooped on him and beat him up almost fatally after...

By DIXON BWALYA – IT has been stated before that in the process of designing buildings considerations taken into account include mainly three criteria requiring to be fulfilled. The first one has to do with...

By SEBASTIAN CHIPAKO  – IT is a project that takes a holistic approach to eradicating poverty, it looks at empowering a “whole village” in its entirety at the same time individual families benefit gradually. The...

By GETHSEMANE MWIZABI – THERE are few people in life who defy odds to do extraordinary things. As a matter of fact, people who do extraordinary things are just plain ordinary people who dare to...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – ONE issue that has of late sparked debate and made headlines in the media, is the value added tax (VAT) general administrative rule number 18 that affects exporters in Zambia. Valued...

By DANIEL M’SOKA – THE marriage between Zambia and Tanzania over Tazara is quickly rolling towards the cliff into derailment. Like a marriage that has gone sour, the spouses cannot help but tangle over who...