By CHARLES KACHIKOTI – IN January this year, a satanic group unveiled designs for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan which it intends to put at the Oklahoma State Capitol in the United States, where a...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – TRADITIONAL cousinship popularly known as ‘chimbuya,’ is a phenomenon between the Bembas and Ngonis whose origins date back to the 19th Century. Since then this social relationship has blossomed up to...

By SAM PHIRI – THINK of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. One is likely to be engrossed in contemplating a well developed modern city with orderly infrastructure in the central business district. All correct…but...

By CHIBESA MULALA- THOUGH a right, access to safe and clean drinking water still remains a challenge in communities in some parts of the country. Approximately, one third of the population does not have access...

IT is only human that when certain “negative” comments are made the first reaction is to create defence barriers without properly analysing such comments because if this was properly done, one may conclude that the...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- GLOBAL health partners are working together to accelerate progress towards a world free of malaria, with ambitious planning and optimised use of all funding, in order to increase impact and reach more...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- ZAMBIA is this week expected to host the eighth international HIV/AIDS Scientific conference dubbed the INTEREST workshop. According to a statement made available by the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has adopted a life-time support to the children’s cancer ward at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). According to a media statement made available...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE- In the serene village of Kapimpa in Chinsali district of Zambian’s Northern Province lurks an unknown disease that locals have long associated with myth. Until recently, medical experts could not explain the...

Title: Gender Based Violence Scourge Author: Roger Tembo Publish Date: 2013 Publisher: Roger Tembo Pages: 118   “Gender Based Violence Scourge” explores the power of literature to help change the deeply entrenched thinking and beliefs...