MAY I welcome you to this column; let’s call it ‘By The Fire Place’. THE wise have said, and rightly so, that when you go to the grocery store you ought to get only what...

BY NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – NELSON Mandela as an “Extraordinary Gentleman” touched lives of many people, the young and old, as well as world leaders. Mandela, fondly known as “Madiba”, has after his death been described...

THIS is the last publication of “Beyond the News” in 2013 and so, I have decided to pedestal this particular edition of the column on revisiting some of the national issues that made the headlines...

IN last week’s article we looked at some of the ways that you can use to personalise your vows and make them as easy as saying I do. As you continue preparing your wedding vows,...

I WANT to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my Christian friends. As promised last Sunday we are tackling New Year’s resolutions this week and I am so glad that many...

THESE folks who encroach on game management areas and are sometimes tolerated to make human settlements sometimes live rather perilous lives. You see, elephants for example, are permitted because that is their territory where you...

RICKETY housing has never ceased to amuse Lazzo because in one of these structures, a rat is nibbling at an opaque brew sachet even with the commotion around caused by loud music and people talking!...

ALTHOUGH I did not hear the three Zambia Adjudicators’ Panel (ZAP) judges namely, Freda Nkonde, Bright Banda and their team leader Norah Mumba complain about the basics of performances during the NATAAZ theatre festival last...

THREE weeks ago, I touched on the importance of captions on television, albeit in passing, as the only way to enable the viewers to know the person in the picture. It should not be taken...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – AS the year 2013 comes to an end after tomorrow, it is inevitable that each one is reflecting and reviewing their personal lives in the past 12 months with a view...