AS innocent citizens are registering to vote during the 2016 elections, we wonder if they know that they might be hapless victims of political violence from some misguided opposition members. We say this considering the...

THE signing of the contract by the Road Development Agency (RDA) and China Henan International for the upgrade of urban roads on the Copperbelt yesterday is yet another mark of the Government’s resolve to improve...

THE barbaric act by some Mpongwe residents on the Copperbelt to confiscate voter registration equipment last Friday made sad reading. This is the second time that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) officials operating in...

IT was the usual pomp and splendor; the jubilation and the rituals that paint the official opening of Parliament, which even recurred on Friday during President Lungu’s task of gracing the national occasion. However, the...

We join other progressive Zambians in applauding President Lungu for separating the different Ministries which had become inefficient due to their size. President Lungu yesterday split the ministries of education, mines, works and supply and...

THIS week we carried a story on calls by China Network for International Exchange deputy secretary general Shi Guohui for African countries to be self motivated and map out strategies to find home grown solutions...

ALL citizens and stakeholders have a role to play in ensuring economic success of this great country. The citizens’ and stakeholders’ role becomes even more magnified whenever there are major challenges to the national economy....

IT is gratifying to hear that the Zambia State Insurance Corporation (ZSIC) has paid out over K3 million in claims to farmers on the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Lima Credit Scheme who suffered crop...

THE increase in the number of road traffic accidents in Zambia is worrisome. Despite several interventions by the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) and the Zambia Police to bring sanity on the roads, the...

THE issue of gender-based violence (GBV) seemingly remains one of the most unrelenting in our modern society. It is an issue whose proximity to hearts of combatants is abundantly evident. Currently, a day hardly passes...