ELECTRICITY is an essential driving force for economic development for any modern nation, and if in short supply it can be counterproductive. It can be counterproductive in the sense that major development projects cannot take...

SOUTH African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu is one man of God with an indisputably interesting approach on how to attract and keep people by improving their overall humane relations with one another. The retired Anglican...

CALLS by the General Nursing Council (GNC) for police  to  immediately close the African Health Care Institute of Health Sciences and other private institutions offering courses for nursing assistants without its authority are timely. Timely...

THURSDAY’S by-elections in which Zambia’s leading political parties jostled for parliamentary seats could be summarised in just a few words – a battle of mixed fortunes. Seven political parties took part either in all or...

THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ)’s revelation of reports of some unscrupulous individuals who are buying 50 ngwee coins with the issue date 2013 from the public, with a view to melting them for their alleged...

JUSTICE Minister Edgar Lungu’s call that the office of the Investigator General or the Ombudsman should take a lead role in promoting justice and good governance in the country is timely. The minister asked Investigator...

THE fact that the World Economic Forum (WEF) rates Zambia’s economy among the 10-most competitive in sub-Saharan Africa is proof enough of the country’s right policies which have over the years been attracting investments. The...

THE Government has continued to move in the right direction regarding the creation of value chain clusters in all the country’s provincial centres. Most of the projects under this concept, with some funded by the...

DISEASES such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid which break out nearly on an annual basis are associated with uncollected garbage in residential and other areas. The fact that these disease outbreaks occur mainly in the...

A FEW years after Zambia gained her political independence in 1964, transport at many Government departments, notably hospitals and police stations, was not much of a problem. Then with little or no means of communication...