By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA – THE growing number of children swarming the streets of Ndola, in the Copperbelt Province, is an issue that touches many people, some of whom are moved into providing financial and material...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA – THE call to protect whistle blowers in defilement cases is taking the centre stage in measures aimed at reducing the vice in Zambia. Research has shown that some people who may...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA  – THE Teaching Profession (Code of Ethics) Regulations 2018 has renewed hope for improvement of Zambia’s education system. Coming on the back of the Teaching Profession Act No. 5 of 2013, the...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA in CHOMA A NON-Governmental Organisation (NGO), AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has handed over various health infrastructure and medical equipment to Batoka rural health centre in Choma, Southern Province. These are a patient...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA IT has long been known that among persons with disabilities, those with intellectual disabilities continue to face challenges in relation to leading normal lives. In fact, experts note that persons with intellectual...

By Jessie Ngoma-Simengaw – MANY women in Zambia still have doubts over certain methods of contraceptives because of lack of information. There are also plain falsehoods around some contraceptives which make some women fail to...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA “I LOVE to style my long hair as a long braid or as a bun on top of my head so that one day I could feature in the Guinness Book of...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA – THE call to protect whistle blowers in defilement cases is taking the centre stage in measures aimed at reducing the vice in Zambia. Research has shown that some people who may...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA A major clinical trial conducted in four African countries has found no significant risk of HIV infection among women using hormonal contraceptives and the copper non-hormonal intrauterine device (IUD). Over the past...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA Children in Zambia continue to fall victim to child labour, a serious infringement on their rights. They have continued to be engaged in various unsafe tasks because they constitute cheap a labour...