ByEXPENDITO CHIPALO THE flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was navy blue with the Union Jack in the left hand corner. On the right side was a shield with a rising sun which...

THE World Cup finals kicked off last Thursday with hosts Brazil beating Croatia 3-1 in the opening match played in Sao Paulo and thus set the tone for the tournament at which Africa is represented...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO – SHANG’OMBO is one of the most popular districts in Zambia although the popularity is synonymous with poverty and under-development due to its remote geographical location. Despite enjoying district status, Shang’ombo lacks...

By STANSLOUS NGOSA – SUDDENLY, stories of some people being arrested for illegal timber trading and impounding trucks laden with some tree species, popped up making headlines in the news media. Some traditional leaders have...

By Roy Kausa – THIS is what those who claim to be ‘abstract’ artists now call modern contemporary art: Splashing that paint on canvas, sometimes the artist dips his or her feet in paint and...

By EXPENDITO CHIPALO – AS Zambia celebrate the Golden Jubilee of our nation’s independence, it is important to recall part of the history from the colonial past. There are events and individuals from that era...

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure, or business purposes, usually of a limited duration. Tourism is commonly associated with trans-national travel, but may also refer to travel to another location within the same country. The...

By STEPHEN  KAPAMBWE – “THE number of road traffic accidents in Zambia is too high to handle”, Road Traffic and Safety Agency (RTSA) director Zindaba Soko said recently on ZBNC Morning Live television programme. The...

THERE are situations that occur in our lives that are quite difficult to just divulge, to indiscriminately disclose, such painful, heart-rending inner personal events, to the readership of any news media but, then, we need...

By MWANGALA LISELI and SARAH TEMBO– STORIES of indiscriminate disposal of human excreta or open defecation are rife in Zambia even in this time and age when technology has evolved. It is surprising to see...