TODAY, almost every democratic country has a Constitution, which is a vital document according to which each nation carries out its operations. A Constitution protects the rights of citizens of a concerned country, irrespective of...

WHEN President Michael Sata received credentials from the new Chinese Ambassador to Zambia at State House yesterday, he reiterated what leaders of the two countries have previously talked about. This is the need for the...

ZAMBIA has been grappling with the challenges of grain storage facilities, and this has been the case year in and year out. With the country recording another bumper harvest of not less than 3.3 million...

THERE is no doubt that water supply and sanitation in Zambia has had its share of achievements just as it has equally faced challenges. Some of the achievements are obviously the creation of commercial water...

IT is rare for members of staff at Zambia’s public universities to go on strike and, when they do, there is certainly cause to worry. This is because any work stoppage by workers at the...

NEXT month the electorate will have by-elections in five constituencies, and it is just prudent that the Zambia Police deploys adequate officers to prevent a recurrence of violence that has characterised past by-elections. The recently...

POLITICAL violence should not be allowed to dent Zambia’s impressive electoral record. In many, if not all incidences of political violence, they are always fueled by individuals’ insatiable and selfish desires to gain advantage over...

THE Patriotic Front (PF) Government’s quest to develop power generation infrastructure throughout the country is one of the major items on its development agenda. It is a fact that Zambia and other countries in the...

ZAMBIA has over the last 50 years or so depended solely on copper exports as the mainstay of the country’s economy. But the last few years have witnessed a remarkable shift from over-dependence on copper...

LUVALES and Lunda speaking people of Zambezi District in North-Western Province no longer fight each other, they ceased fire a long time ago. Gone are the days when the two peoples, whose dialects are almost...