‘TALK to the people, walk with the people’ this is how President Hakainde Hichilema summarised yesterday’s Radio Phoenix engagement with members of the public.The engagement is historical. It has never happened in the history of...

TAXES, world over are an important component of development in a country.These mandatory contributions collected by governments are used for infrastructure development such as roads, health facilities, as well as the provision of drugs and...

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe. It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets...

THE ‘new dawn’ government’s attempt to lean towards a green economy does not only bring hope, but lays a foundation on which the future generations can diversify the Zambian economy without burning it out.The creation...

FOR some time now, citizens have been complaining of poor quality of services offered by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).Debatably, most MNOs usually focus more on market promotions instead of providing quality services to subscribers.For instance,...

THE entire world has been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic for almost two years now and, therefore, President Hakainde Hichilema’s call that Zambia should put in place a vaccine programme as a mitigation measure is...

ZAMBIA may have a highly susceptible population when next wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) strikes because only a paltry four per cent of people have been vaccinated so far.This is despite the Government having made...

THE provision and access to basic but essential public services by the local communities continues to remain poor in the country despite the introduction of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) way back in 1995.The CDF...

SO, where did the mukula logs laden on the 200 trucks which have been seized in Ndola come from?This is beginning to smell like another case of high-level corruption possibly involving senior officials of the...

THE upcoming African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit which Zambia is scheduled to host in July next year, will have significant benefits for the tourism industry.The meeting will not only raise the...