By MUTINTA MWEEMBA – WHILE the late delivery of farming inputs and poor rainfall patterns are usually the main challenges farmers face, the possibility of catching malaria is an added anxiety for Florence Sakala, a...

By Friday Phiri – DEVELOPMENT is the process of improving people’s livelihood and welfare to attain a higher standard of living, while environment is everything about and around us forming the basis of our livelihood.Thus,...

SOMEONE recently said that everybody has got sexual feelings but not every feeling should lead to pregnancy or contracting a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI).Unfortunately, this state of affairs continues to haunt Zambia’s youths, especially adolescent...

EACH day, the safety and well being of some children across the nation are threatened by child abuse and neglect. This is evident from the news on child neglect, defilement, cruelty, child labour and many...

By ETHEL CHANDA – FOOD security and correct nutrition remain one of Africa’s most fundamental challenge.Thus, the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, (OCHA) paints a gloomy picture that Africa is...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – ZAMBIA like other countries such as Malawi, Zimbabwe and Madagascar has been hit by flash floods which have the potential to threaten food security.The Southern African nations are reeling from the...

WHEN the now ruling party, United Party for National Development (UPND), was in opposition and campaigning for the August 12 general election last year, one issue which they promised to reverse was the gazette on...

By ALEXANDER NKOSI – Education is a great equaliser which helps move families out of poverty and nations out of under development.Investment in education is, arguably, one of the key steps to development.Zambia needs skilled...

Zambia has continued to record an increase in use of digital financial services.Mobile money transactions in Zambia increased to K105.6 billion by the end of last year from K49.6 billion in 2019, representing a 113...

By Emmah Chanda – North-Western province is one of the regions in Zambia rich in natural resources such as minerals, fertile land, and good rainfall pattern conducive for agriculture.However, people in the province feel left...