ON March 8, 2014, women from all provinces in Zambia joined their counterparts from across the world in commemorating the International Women’s Day. This important day on every Zambian calendar was commemorated under the theme;...

THE 2013 World Health Organisation (WHO) consolidated guidelines on the use of anti-retroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV provide new guidance on the diagnosis of human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) infection, the care of people...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – WHILE the objective of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has been to spur community development, it is hardly an overstatement that its utilisation has been marred by a lack of accountability....

FIGHTING poverty and unemployment is a common agenda for the 155 parliamentarians representing the vast number of Zambians drawn from various constituencies. Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) Luena Member of Parliament (MP) Mwambwa Getrude...

By David J. Young – As a student, Patricia Due was arrested for ordering food at a lunch counter. Today that would be unthinkable! But when this incident occurred in 1960, African Americans like Ms...

BY PRISCILLA SIMUKOKO – COLD nights are not easy to cope with but when circumstances override normal living conditions, the situation becomes an acceptable way of living. This is what has become of Evelyn Chitambala,...

By LILLIAN BANDA – “I USED to feel embarrassed and ashamed whenever one of my children asked me to help them with their home work. I would quickly come up with an excuse. Little did...

WHAT is wildlife? This is the question that some people do not know correct, if not, the full answer to. Well, to help you with this, wildlife is defined as any animals and or plant...

By GETHSEMANE MWIZABI FOR obvious or whatever reasons, the mention of Nigeria rings many bells not just to a visiting stranger but to anyone. It is a land of Aliko Dangote, Fela Kuti, TB Joshua,...

As the world waits for more information on the missing Malaysian Airlines plane that plunged into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, I remember the day when President Samora Machel of Mozambique died in...