We agree with the Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) concerning the high cost of mealie meal despite government’s intervention to reduce the price of the staple food. We also ask loudly and indignantly why the price...

THE Zambian copper mining industry as we know it today had its genesis in the 1920s. Following the return of Zambian politics to pluralism and liberalised economic policies, the government decided to privatise the mining...

We agree totally with the teachers’ union, BETUZ, the Minister of National Guidance and Religious affairs and others condemning plans by some NGOs to distribute condoms in schools as a way of fighting sexually transmitted...

AS Zambian youths commemorated Youth Day under the theme ‘Unity and Innovation for Smart Zambia,’ we would like to underline why this day is important to our youth and the beloved country. Realising that our...

SINCE the first cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were reported in 1981, experts say infection with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) has grown to pandemic proportions. Studies also show that no country has...

WE concur with the call by a consortium of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the need for an impact assessment on the heavy rains experienced in the country in order to come up with a...

WRITING  in his book Under An African Sun; Memoirs of a colonial officer in Northern Rhodesia, Frank Bennet, an ex-colonial officer noted that Lusaka was a modern, spotlessly clean city with an abundance of parks...

Just months after that failed referendum to give Zambians an enhanced Bill of Rights, there is talk that the government should consider going back to the voters for a second time on the same subject....

ONE famous quote states that, ‘where a good road passes, development follows’ and clearly, this statement, beyond all reasonable doubts, sounds valid. Its validity has been verified from the local level right through to international...

The revelation that adult armyworm moths were spotted way back in October in some parts of Zambia is shocking, for had action been taken then, we would not be grappling such a destructive pest in...