By MIRIAM ZIMBA – HERNIA is a condition in which a loop or portion or tissue protrudes through an abnormal opening, Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) chairperson for Public Health Committee Jonathan Sitali has said. Dr...

By STANSLOUS NGOSA – THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has finally been incorporated as a company with an initial investment of K20 million. However, when President Michael Sata announced the establishment of the IDC it...

By GETHSMANE MWIZABI – SO far so good, the architectural face of Ndola is changing for the better each and every day. Thanks to the many construction works in recent memory. One such is the...

By Imasiku Kamayoyo In last week’s article we looked at “Defining Architecture in Zambia.” This week we ask the question: Who is an architect? Here is an attempt at the definition. From a dictionary point...

 By KENNEDY MUPESENI –  THE trend of selling school uniforms in learning places is making education expensive and the uniform industry uncompetitive.  Almost all the schools in the country upon admitting pupils ask parents to...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – HER dream after retirement was to settle down in Lusaka’s Chilenje Township, after having worked for one of the defunct parastal companies for almost 20 years. Idah Mwanza (not real name)...

As blindness continues to afflict more Zambians with each passing day, TERENCE MUSUKU takes a sympathetic look at the physically and mentally-challenging life of the blind. With exacting perfection, God created mankind with knowledge. That...

Continued from last week In a split second, I answered: “That field rank of major only, which is not junior and not so senior to be implicated in evil plans that give yield to wide...

By MARTIN NYIRENDA – Fanatics of condom distribution in Zambia’s prisons, no doubt, have their own agenda as much as such reformatory facilities should not be as ugly as sin. Make no gaffe, this piece...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – WITH only a year to go before the due date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in 2015, will the country beat this deadline. According to the 2013 MDG report for...