FIGHTWELL Mutambo, who is Mufulira District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) deserves praise. His call to head teachers, teachers and parents when he formally opened the School Arts Association of Zambia (SAAZ) festival held at Mufulira...

THEORIES surrounding the almost mysterious disappearance of the Air Malaysia flight MH370 two weeks ago have dominated television screens on international channels. Conspiracy theorists have tried to calm the situation by suggesting that the plane...

THOSE with an ear to the radio must have picked Jive FM Radio already. It is a new radio station currently running tests on 90.9 FM on the Copperbelt. If the station has settled for...

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 MIRIAM ZIMBA – FOR residents of Lusaka’s Misisi area, their day begins as early as 04:00 hours, not only because they have to make a living, it is so because the old adage ‘the...

ON the map, Itumbi area in Itezhi- Tezhi may appear to be one of the remotest areas in Central Province, but residents count themselves as greatly blessed. For decades now, habitants of this area have...

By ANGELA MWANDU – SHE may have been born and bred in neighbouring Zimbabwe, but 45-year-old Susiku Mwanang’ombe is Zambian by descent. Ms Mwanag’ombe was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and came to Zambia’s tourist capital...