Title: Zambia’s Fall-Back Presidents: A Curse for Fear of SuccessionAuthor: Hicks SikazwePublishers: BookLeaf PublishingPages: 316 THERE are very few authoritative books in Zambia especially those written by journalists, who are traditional chroniclers of history.Unlike academicians...

By Cornwell Mudaala – BY DEFINITION, Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a harmful act directed at an individual based on their gender. It is not just a health issue but a human rights and developmental...

By CHRISTINE KUNDA – ZAMBIA’S small-scale farmers produce the bulk of the country’s food needs – roughly 80 per cent. However, there has not been much investment in agricultural produce. When farmers and entrepreneurs turn...

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By CHRISTABEL CHIWILA – DIVORCE is defined as the process of terminating a marriage or marital union between a husband (male) and wife (female). It usually entails the cancelling or reorganising of the legal duties...

By MAILES KABENGO – WHAT children experience in their early years particularly zero to five years old is said to have a significant impact on their psychological, emotional, and mental developmental outcomes later on as...

By Christabel Chiwila – IN 2017, the Government announced that it was going to support 14,000 girls from vulnerable households in 16 districts by providing requisites to retain them in schools. This development came as...

By CHRISTABEL CHIWILA – ON April 22, 2021, the world commemorated what is known as the United Nations (UN) International Girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day. The theme for the day “Connected Girls,...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – MILLIONS of women and families face a devastating diagnosis that could be prevented by measures such as the vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) – a major cause of cervical cancer and...

I OFTEN sign off with the statement ‘be the change you want to see’. Niza Mutalama Vlahakis is one such person doing exactly that. At a recent strategic plan meeting where civil society was invited,...