UNTIL three months back, Lazzo’s neighbour had been a struggling small-scale hardware trader at the local market. Today, his economic graphic seems to have shot up drastically, raising eyebrows. The grapevine is replete with gossip...

THERE is a new trend in town. It is called colour blocking. When I was growing up everything a woman wore matched, but these days it doesn’t matter. You can mix blue with pink, green...

THIS week, I will share the email message that I received from the Revivo Team, a US-based organisation that deals in various supplements that help to boost immunity of people living with HIV and AIDS....

MINING has been the mainstay of Zambia’s economy for the last 50 years now with the industry contributing a fair share to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It continues to dictate the pace at...

By SYLVESTER MWALE THE revelations of misappropriation of public funds going by  the 2012 Auditor General’s Report is a source of concern for any citizen. The situation is made worse by the fact that those...

ENDEVOURING to propel development in rural areas has continued to prove a challenge to members of Parliament who represent rural-based constituencies. The major concern is about run-down infrastructure, especially schools and health institutions, some of...

THE only message that needs to reach some of the men-folk following the scalding of a Lusaka woman by her husband is the need for men to respect their wives and, most importantly, to love...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – FORMER United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said, “Young people should be at the fore-front of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If,...

By SYCORAX TIYESA NDHLOVU CONSIDERING most of the socio-cultural and economic challenges relating to children and youths that our country is going through, it is important to consider how rights of a child are handled;...

By MOYO TRUST BIODIVERSITY underpins our lives, but it is rapidly being eroded. Birds which are part of biodiversity help us understand the natural world. Over the millennia, and across all cultures, birds have given...