ELECTIONS, especially those in which different political parties participate, are naturally adversarial because they very often represent a contest for power. This is true even for by-elections, particularly here in Zambia where, for some people,...

SHAKUMBILA Chiefdom’s recent partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a strategic plan denotes the innovation and seriousness in developing rural areas. The move further shows that rural districts need to adopt...

RESULTS of candidates who last month sat for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) are encouraging as they show an impressive improvement on what they obtained in their earlier attempts. According to the results, which...

THE subject of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is one that raises two distinct but, in many instances, correct views. While some citizens have long held the view that CDF is an unnecessary Government expenditure,...

ZAMBIA’S maize farmers should seriously respond to the challenge by the Government to produce more of this crop whose economic benefits are indisputably huge. Granted the Southern African region does not experience drought, come next...

A TECHNICAL committee tasked to oversee the formation of a national airline has finalised its work and the document is currently before Cabinet for consideration. This is a major step taken by the Government towards...

ZAMBIAN women are caring by nature, they are mothers to everyone, regardless of the biological connections. If recent media reports that more Zambian males were depending on females are anything to go by, women deserve...

IT is gratifying that Government has finally decided to give a facelift to Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce in Lusaka. This news about the college being rehabilitated and upgraded makes some good...

THE world is ever changing and Zambians cannot afford to remain static in the way they do things hence the need to move with time. One field which is posting unprecedented changes at a rapid...

THE railway network has a critical role to play in the economic development of a country, especially a landlocked country like Zambia.- And as President Michael Sata rightly says, there is need to revitalise Zambia’s...