IT is encouraging to hear that the Government will do everything possible to keep women highly protected against all forms of violence. According to Energy and Water Development Deputy Minister Charles Zulu, there is need...

IN their week-long activities leading up to the celebrations of International Women’s Day which falls today, officials from Lusaka City Council ended their programme with cleaning the environment at the Civic Centre. This gesture, besides...

THE initiative to extend the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) railway line to Burundi through Mpulungu will certainly bolster economic outlay as Zambia seeks to accelerate growth anchored on critical sectors of the economy. The...

AS the International Women’s Day approaches, women and other people across the globe should reflect on successes and failures in their quest to promote equality and fairness in all spheres of life. Usually, the womenfolk...

THE revelation that Choma District in Southern Province has run out of land for infrastructure development is a damning indictment on the local authority which has been cited for poor land management. It exposes the...

THE Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Chipata yesterday launched what they have dubbed the ‘Good Husband Campaign’ – an initiative to tackle gender-based violence (GBV), specifically violence against women and girls. The campaign is...

The Zambian gemstone industry has for many years been facing numerous challenges and its contribution to the development of the national economy was almost none. Dealings surrounding this sector were in the past, not explicitly...

WE join the Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) in welcoming the imprisonment of a Lusaka business person who assaulted his wife. This is because, as NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale says, violent attacks, most...

THE ugly pattern of armed robbery in strategic areas in Central Province is a pointer of an invasion by misfits who have fled the Copperbelt and Lusaka to pounce on unsuspecting business executives and other...

THE high rate at which road traffic accidents are happening on Zambia’s highways and other road links calls for a pragmatic and integrated approach to reduce the carnage, which has not spared the productive age...