By MARTIN NYIRENDA – A SPECIAL educationist has called on young parents to impart acceptable morals in their children in a quest to avert the collapse of family structures in society.Margaret Newa, who is Vice...

IF you want to be in your children’s memories tomorrow, then you must be in your children’s lives today, reads one quote.Many fathers feel raising children is more attached to mothers and so they leave...

By Friday Phiri – The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) is working tirelessly to minimise danger from an incident of possible water pollution into the Kamfinsa Stream following a road traffic accident.The incident happened on...

By PATRICK KABWE – GOVERNMENT is implementing a number of social protection programmes aimed at cushioning the impact of poverty among vulnerable people in the country. One such programme is the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) scheme...

By HLUPEKILE NKUNIKA – WHEN couples exchange their vows as part of the rituals to sanctify their union, reciting the lines ‘to have and to hold…from this day forward, till death do us part,’ one...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – SMALLHOLDER farmers especially in Zambia face myriads of climate hazards.From droughts to floods, peasant farmers’ are at risk of losing out as they fight an invisible ‘war’ against changes in climatic...

By ADARLIA HARAH MAINGA – NON-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) play a vital role in the shaping and implementation of participatory democracy. Their credibility lies in the responsible and constructive role they play in society.An NGO is...

By CHRISTINE KUNDA – EVERY year, Zambia experience flash floods in selected parts of the country during the rainy season.These floods usually destroy crops, livestock, poultry, buildings and other infrastructure such as bridges, sewerage systems,...

By JULIUS PHIRI – ARTICLE 120(4) of the Zambian Constitution states that the courts, except the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, shall be devolved to the provinces and progressively to districts.The purpose of the...

By EMILY KUWEMA – WITH an estimated population of 2,500,000, Lusaka produces about 1,200 tonnes of waste every day as the generation rate per person is estimated at 0.5 kilogramme (kg).Lusaka’s biggest waste disposal site,...