By Austin Kaluba – It was his judiciousness during his stint as a deputy speaker of National Assembly that stood Mkhondo Lungu out as a man of principles. During his period as deputy  speaker, the...

By CHARLES SIMENGWA – THE increased recognition of herbal medicine in the management of HIV/AIDS patients has proved to be crucial in the last decade. As some medical experts rightly observed, when Nelson Mandela addressed...

COME Saturday mornings, drive or walk on the streets in the townships and see how the places are littered with broken beverage glass bottles especially alcoholic ones. In other instances near some bottle stores or...

The identity crisis of Africans home and abroad is devastating since many fail to find their cultural forte ending up gravitating between what is ‘African’ and what they term to be ‘modern’ or even ‘English.’...

ZAMBIANS celebrated the country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary last Monday with the guest of honour being no other than Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni who jetted into Lusaka at the invitation of President Edgar Lungu. The Ugandan...

By GEOFFREY CHISHIMBA CHIYUMBE – COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Eastern Province chairperson Reverend Sonye Banda says Zambia cannot develop when its citizens are lazy. In his sermon during the commemoration of the National...

By Austin Kaluba – IN most developing nations where ordinary citizens do not have much power in governance, referendums are an expression of direct democracy. Usually referendums are used selectively, covering issues such as changes...

WHEN I sat watching the news the other week, I had to lean a little forward from my sofa and perk up my ears. I poked fingers into my ears and turned on the volume...

IN accordance with the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare (MCDSS) Sector Devolution Plan, community development work in Zambia evolved during the late 1940s as part of the Government’s efforts to rehabilitate the returning...

By CHARITY MOONGA – NOWADAYS, it is increasingly becoming more difficult for most families to stay together because of parents facing challenging and stressful careers and children engaging in their various activities. Thus, this has...