ZAMBIA’S statute books are not categorical on the matter of prostitution even though the act remains illegal in the country. Thus authorities do not and will never tolerate sex workers to continue conducting such acts....

AGRICULTURE plays a crucial role in any country’s economic development and is cardinal for the enhancement of food security and poverty alleviation. This is a sector which has of late involved massive modern technology, especially...

POLITICAL parties, cadres and the electorate have taken the way by-elections are supposed to be conducted to a high level. The April 14, 2015 by-elections held in three parliamentary constituencies, three provinces, and several council...

IN any society, right and wrong precedents are set and they quickly define human behaviour when it relates with political office. President Edgar Lungu has been attacked on various platforms; some media houses, the opposition...

IT is important to acknowledge that Government has stuck to one of its campaign promises of bringing primary health care as close to the communities as possible. This can be attested by the reduced number...

THE small-scale sector is undoubtedly the main driver and backbone of development in any given economic set-up which can enhance industrial growth and poverty alleviation. Countries such as China, India and Malaysia, for example, have...

RENOWNED Professor of linguistics Noam Chomsky once said  that if you believe there is no possibility of change, you guarantee there is no possibility of change. In various institutions of governance, change is inevitable, such...

RESEARCHERS have shown that up until the mid-1990s there was very little evidence that increasing the number of police officers might result in a reduction in crime or that reducing the number of officers might...

The announcement by President Edgar Lungu that Government intends to revive the moribund manufacturing industry on the Copperbelt is not only welcome but also timely. This comes amidst a cry that local raw materials were...

GOVERNMENT’S decision to give back the 25-year mining licence of Collum Coal Mine in Sinazongwe to its owners deserves commendation. The reinstatement follows the mine’s successful appeal to President Edgar Lungu over its cancelled licence....