IT is heartening to note that while some African presidents shun the Church to participate or even comment on national issues, President Edgar Lungu welcomes ecclesiastical input for development. We say this after noting that...

WE are waiting to hear what the noisy prophets of doom will be talking about now, since one of their favourite subject of the Kwacha underperforming is adequately being addressed by the Government. The intervention...

THE Government should never budge on the introduction of the grade 12 clause in the amended Constitution. Even in the face of desperation that has seen some people forging the documents, we feel the clause...

ACCESS to clean water and sanitation by all members of the public cannot be over-emphasised. This is why we join the residents of Lusaka in welcoming the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) project,...

NEWS of some unscrupulous business persons smuggling maize and mealie-meal to neighbouring countries has dominated headlines for the past weeks. It is against this background that we strongly support the Government’s directive to restrict the...

SABOTAGE is defined as a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity or corporation through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur and usually works in secrecy to conceal...

WE are surprised to hear more complaints coming from some petty and shallow minded Zambians who are ignorantly commenting on President Edgar Lungu’s justifiable salary increase. We feel the wolf pack is commenting from a...

It is among the few words from African languages that have been adopted in English and quoted widely. The word is ‘indaba’  derived from si-Zulu meaning “business” or ‘resolving matters’ and usually requires summoning representatives...

The traditional leaders have spoken on the subject, and so have civic organisations, the media, the president of the country, the church and ordinary citizens. So we hail Lusaka Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu once more for...

TODAY marks the turning point in perhaps the most important week namely, the Holy Week, on the Christian calendar. Friday is the day Jesus Christ of Nazareth willingly went to die on the cross in...