VERY few mortals clock it to the 90s to earn that enviable tag of nonagenarian – that is a person who is between 90 and 99 years. However, Kenneth Buchizya Kaunda is no ordinary mortal....

THE number of illegal immigrants being arrested in the country is worrisome. Worrisome in the sense that some suspected prohibited immigrants are somehow gaining entry through the porous borders and only being arrested deep in...

THERE have been very serious flaws in the manner in which the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) have been utilised by various local authorities, including area members of Parliament (MPs). This is a facility whose goals...

THE call by the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) in Southern and Western Provinces for farmers in the country to form groups to collectively market their products should be taken seriously. The timely call by...

MIXED expressions characterised President Edgar Lungu’s foreign trips in the recent past weeks, with some critics arguing that these are wasteful expenditure while others saw the trips as beneficial to the country. The major foreign...

THE pilferage of drugs from public facilities is one vice the Ministry of Health has been grappling with over the years. So many interventions have since been put in place to curb the vice. But...

ZAMBIA’S statute books are not categorical on the matter of prostitution even though the act remains illegal in the country. Thus authorities do not and will never tolerate sex workers to continue conducting such acts....

AGRICULTURE plays a crucial role in any country’s economic development and is cardinal for the enhancement of food security and poverty alleviation. This is a sector which has of late involved massive modern technology, especially...

POLITICAL parties, cadres and the electorate have taken the way by-elections are supposed to be conducted to a high level. The April 14, 2015 by-elections held in three parliamentary constituencies, three provinces, and several council...

IN any society, right and wrong precedents are set and they quickly define human behaviour when it relates with political office. President Edgar Lungu has been attacked on various platforms; some media houses, the opposition...