By SARAH TEMBO- ZAMBIA is a youthful nation with 50 per cent of the population below the age of 15 years old. On the other hand children and youths in Zambia experience significant problems including...

By XAVIER MULENGA –  THE Norwegian Association of Disabled (NAD) has signed a long- term Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Finance on how the two countries can work on issues regarding Community-Based...

BY SYCORAX TIYESA NDHLOVU – IT was Saturday morning. I was still tightly wrapped in my blankets. The weather was chilly. Listening to my radio, it was Koffi Olomide’s ‘Amugwira Muyaya’ song playing on one...

By SALLY CHIWAMA  – AS in most other parts of the world, gender-based violence (GBV) in Zambia is a pervasive and long standing challenge which is a deeply rooted cultural or societal vice. In the...

SO Africa’s World Cup dream is over following the elimination of Algeria who, until the ruthless Germans drove in the final nail last Monday night, looked like the probable saviours of our beleaguered continent. The...

THE  road to success is rarely a walk in the park and, in life, it takes dogged determination to attain our goals, says TIMOTHY KAMBILIMA, who narrates how he soldiered on to publish, against all...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA  – KELVIN Siame, a wheel barrow pusher is daily found at Lusaka’s Old Soweto Market waiting to be given alms by his peers because he is unable to work due to his...

BY TERENCE MUSUKU – ACADEMICALLY and professionally, Barrick Lumwana Mining Company has now started killing three different birds simultaneously… all in the provision of holistic education. The mining company offers scholarships for the needy pupils...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI- ZAMBIA’S agriculture is mainly dominated by women, yet the gendered assessment report for the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) indicates that access to the FISP is still dominated by men. Despite their...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- IN Chongwe District, far from the grid of power lines, telephone poles and power transformers, the village of Mulalika has been learning to live with solar energy. Located some 45 minutes from...