THIS week, Beyond the News starts by highlighting some contributions from two readers of last week’s edition. In the previous edition, this file dissected the road traffic accident that happened on the Kitwe-Ndola dual carriageway...

THIS week, I look at the forthcoming Science Symposium to take place in Lusaka, Zambia on May 2-3 2014 to be held at the Golden Bridge Hotel. The conference will cover various topics encompassing HIV...

By SYCORAX NDHLOVU- THE recent observation by University of Zambia’s Development Studies lecturer, Francis Chigunta that many citizens failed to recognise their role in shaping society, and that they concentrated on personalities of those in...

AFTER the adjournment of Parliament earlier this month, leader of Government Business in the House, Vice-President Guy Scott urged members of Parliament (MPs) to visit their constituencies during the time the House was on recess....

By SYLVESTER MWALE and NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA- MORE than 55 per cent of the multi-million Kwacha Lusaka ring road project by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been done, according the Lusaka City Council (LCC)....

ACCORDING to healthcare providers, an average child can expect at least 20 vaccinations before the age of 10, with the first doses routinely given soon after birth. Whether or not these vaccines deliver the potentially...

By SYLVESTER MWALE- FORMER Zambia Army Commander General Nobby Simbeye’s daughter, Niza, is in serious condition at CFB Medical Care in Lusaka after being severely battered by her boyfriend over suspicion of flirting with other...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI- AN 18-YEAR-OLD girl of Ndola’s Chifubu Township has died from intoxication after taking excessive alcohol with her friend, her uncle Alick Chishimba has said. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Joyce Kasosa and Ndola Central...

By CHUSA SICHONE- LUSAKA Boma local court magistrate, Chansa Kalunga and his family have been served with a notice to vacate their Evelyn Hone College home and may soon find themselves spending nights in the...

By KASONDE KASONDE and SYLVIA MWEETWA- A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl in Serenje District in Central Province has killed herself after allegedly differing with her parents over her flirting with boys. The girl, a Grade seven pupil,...