AN effective public service is critical to the good operations as well as smooth service delivery to the citizens. But it is poorly kept secret that the Zambian public service has been lacking big time...

IT is with dismay that we there is a growing trend of a poor loan repayment culture by individuals that owe banks and other registered financial institutions. This starts from the domestic setup where a...

THE latest report from the Office of the Auditor General has again revealed shocking audit findings on operations of local authorities in the country for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. The report which was...

AS the Government launches the National Health Week today, it is an opportune time to have an honest discussion among our citizenry about health. The Government realized the need to come up with the campaign...

PETER Hoekstra, who is a Dutch American politician serving as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands was recently quoted saying good governance requires working towards common ground which he said is not easy. We...

THE concerns raised by Infrastructure and Development Minister Ronald Chitotela in Kitwe at the weekend about the emergence of political groupings in the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) should be taken with the seriousness it deserves...

PLANS by the Government to introduce an electronic payment system to collect levies from bus stations and markets in Lusaka will eliminate a huge and lingering source of frustration and friction in two very politically...

POLITICAL violence carries the trappings of all forms of democratic degradation. The violence that manifests its ugly images of public insecurity has recently been prominent during general and by-elections held in various parts of the...

OVER the past few years, the Auditor-General’s Report has been revealing glaring financial impropriety in a number of Government Ministries involving millions of tax payers’ money. These millions of Kwacha have been unaccounted for or...

THE good performance of any Government is dependent of the flawless performance of its various departments. A failure in the departments brings down efficiency gives a government a bad name. This is why we are...