By HARBGUY MWAMBAZI – “If you ask me where I would like to be posted again, I would say Zambia.” This is one statement Egyptian Ambassador to Zambia Ragai Tawfik Nasr makes without any hesitation....

IT is gratifying that Zambia has finally launched the long-awaited National Climate Change Policy as the impact of climate change has contributed to the reduction of the annual economic growth and crop failure. Having a...

By WILLIAM NGULUWE – ZAMBIA has experienced a number of climatic hazards and extreme events that represent significant departures from the average state of climate system. Occurrence of extreme events along  with their intensity and...

THERE is widespread ignorance about male sterilisation or vasectomy as an alternative method of contraception among the male folk in Zambia. While most men still cling to the perception that family planning is largely a...

By CHIMANGENI BANDA – FIFTY years ago, it was difficult to comprehend that the small village of Maamba in the southern part of Zambia would play a pivotal role in the energy revolution of the...

THE plan by Lusaka Mayor Wilson Kalumba to compel Lusaka residents to pay some amount daily through airtime deductions is an interesting proposal. I say so because the proposal has not given detail of how...

By NORMA SIAME THE ensuing drama in the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) in the last few months has all the ingredients of a thriller – intrigue, conspiracies, public posturing, suspensions and expulsions....

WHEN grooms have decided to have their marriages done in the Zambian or African tradition, they are expected to follow laid down rules. Even in Western marriages, there are rule which the grooms have to...

WHEN I look at the mess the world is in today, my blood runs cold since the war mongers who control the world escape the blame for most of the world’s woes. This has largely...

By JACK MWEWA – EXPORT Trading Group (ETG) in pursuit of promoting the Agriculture industry in Zambia, recently incorporated Farmarama, a agricultural inputs outlet in Kapiri Mposhi. Farmarama, who operated as a separate farming input...