By Ben Phiri – The year 2013, will not just come to a close without an overview of the gemstones sector, which has now turned out to be Zambia’s most lucrative industry. Developments documented in...

  By JAMES MUYANWA – THE Zambian economy is this year expected to post mixed results with some splendid macroeconomic indicators amid stunted growth. Zambia is among Africa’s fastest growing economies and for the last...

By GETHSEMANE MWIZABI – THE year 2013 was in a lot of ways both defining and refining for the country. Both happy and sad memories would remain in the minds of every Zambian, old enough...

By JONES MUNANG’ANDU – THE truth about cheating is that it does not mean you have to kiss, meet or have sex with a third party. Once you find yourself deleting texts and e-mails so...

By SYCORAX TIYESA NDHLOVU – As we enjoy the gift of life; and before we enter 2014, it is important to reflect on our past performance; and generate lessons that can make us do much...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – IMAGINE a country without farmers, there would be hunger and starvation because people would not have a variety of agricultural products to purchase or consume. As such, the agricultural sector remains...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – FOR others ending the year 2013 was just like having another Christmas celebration but the story was different for some female prisoners at Kabwe’s Maximum Female Prison. The day was an extraordinary one following the move by President Michael Sata to set some prisoners...

By GETHSEMANE MWIZABI – DEATH is something guaranteed for every human. However, the irony is; however often it occurs, human beings never get used to it. Whenever it happens, people plunge in sorrow and mourning...

By Nancy Handabile – Every fight needs a hero, a figure that can speak and be listened to. This fight in particular is Cancer – a disease so dreadful that it has been called one...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE road infrastructure in Kitwe like in many other parts of the country had over the years suffered serious neglect resulting in some areas of the district becoming inaccessible by motor...