IN JANUARY 2014 I featured an article on the mixed economy which was motivated by my discussion with a colleague. I had a discussion with the colleague on whether the free-market economic policies that Zambia...

THE rain season is on and I am sure the fight to suppress the fall armyworms (FAW) is bearing fruits and we are winning the fight. Still on our quest to reduce information gaps on...

THE chapter on the Mailoni Brothers that caused terror in the valley of Luano in now Luano District in Central Province was closed. Truly, since the gunning down of the trio by the Zambia Army...

By DAVE CHIBESA AFTER a sudden crackdown on the marauding cholera epidemic in Lusaka following a Presidential decree, the city’s economy virtually came to a lull recently. Hordes of former street vendors were holed-up in...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – FORMER Transparency International Zambia chapter executive director Goodwell Lungu has arrived in Botswana following his appointment as Deputy High Commissioner to that country. Mr Lungu replaced the outgoing deputy High Commissioner...

By JAMES KUNDA THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has urged Zambia to embrace the development of Nuclear Science to enhance national productivity. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said the country had the capacity for...

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) has urged councils to operate transparently as they will now be audited by the Auditor General’s office. ZULAWU General Secretary Kingsley Zulu said...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQUEZ) has praised the Government for releasing grade 12 results on time and has called for more support to technical schools to help...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE UNIVERSITY of Zambia (UNZA) management has said it has intensified its search for strategic partners in constructing student hostels as the institution prepares to establish campuses in all the provincial...

By STEVEN ZANDE THE latest Auditor General’s report on accounts of parastatal bodies and other statutory institutions has revealed that the National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) is owed K3 billion by 2,733 non-compliant employers. The...