IT is indisputable that despite efforts by the Government and non-governmental organisations to remove children from the streets, the number of streets kids has continued to rise. As one of the solutions to address the...

  AS the country observes the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence which starts on November 25, it is inevitable to reflect on some of the efforts that have been made in ensuring that...

COUPLES must take the Zambia Police’s counsel of dialoguing instead of resorting to confrontation if they have to avoid gender-based violence (GBV) as a way of resolving marital disputes. Dialogue in any relationship, especially in...

THE revelation that productivity in Zambia’s formal sector plummeted by three per cent per year between 2008 and 2012 makes sad reading. Truly, the finding by the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR)...

  THE assurance by the Government to continue with President Michael Sata’s vision in the transport sector is a clear indication that all projects which were being spearheaded by the late President will come to...

ONE of the general definitions of a democratic society is a society in which members of the public have the means to participate in the management of their affairs. Under this definition, which is accepted...

INDIVIDUAL Patriotic Front (PF) leaders and senior members hold the key to the retention of the party into power after the imminent presidential by-election, which should be held within the next 74 days. The conduct...

WHEN he was alive, President Michael Sata attracted multitudes of people everywhere he went. In death he has brought a grieving nation together, including those who had a different opinion from his. As an opposition...

THERE is need for Zambians to heed the appeal by the Government not to flock to Lusaka for the burial of President Michael Sata. President Sata will be put to rest tomorrow at the Embassy...

IT is good that nearly all constituencies in Zambia have invested the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) to procure earth-moving equipment so that feeder roads, especially in the rural areas are worked on. This initiative is...