East race to development
MAYENGO NYIRENDA, Chipata EASTERN Province is on the path for socio-economic development to keep pace with Zambia’s aspiration to become a middle income and prosperous country by 2030. It’s economic...
View Article‘Better farming technologies key to food security’
MUSEKIWA NTEMBE, Rufunsa GOVERNMENT will continue promoting improved farming technologies aimed at maximising the production of drought-tolerant crops like sorghum. Rufunsa District Commissioner Judith...
View ArticleQuitting work to follow one’s heart
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka WHEN Michelle Chimuka quit her job in 2014 at age 23, it was all for love. There was someone special in her life she wanted to devote her time and attention to, but she could not do...
View ArticleTrade Kings launches Romeo HygieniX
BRIAN MALAMA, KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka TRADE Kings Limited has assured of continued investment in modern technologies to ensure production of high quality products for both local and international...
View ArticleNow, resurrection Ndola prophet locked up
CHISHALA MUSONDA, Ndola AS THE story of a woman claiming to have risen from the dead in Ndola rages, police have now locked up a clergyman who is alleged to have prophesied her “resurrection”. The...
View ArticleJustice needed to accomplish Prisons reforms
Analysis: BENEDICT TEMBO DESPITE presidential pardons of prisoners, the correctional service is still grappling with congestion in the country’s prisons.Last month President Lungu pardoned 413...
View ArticleNchanga Rangers executive non-inspiring
Dear editor, LEADERSHIP is the art to influence those around you positively.Having had said this I want to highlight certain things about leadership in relation to Nchanga Rangers and how those in...
View ArticleKampamba sorry over COSAFA final errors
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe and ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka REFLECTING on the miss that could have handed Zambia a fifth Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup title,...
View ArticleAbolish death penalty
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) has urged Government to abolish the death penalty both by law and practice by ratifying the second optional protocol to the International...
View ArticleAnti-poaching: Communities get on board
FRANCIS LUNGU, Lusaka SENSITISATION of the local people has been identified as one of the major elements needed in natural resource conservation in Zambia.It is envisaged that once the indigenous...
View ArticleHoning trade skills by human capital development
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe TRADE has potential to transform nations from poor to developed ones, and some countries that are poor in natural resources thrive on mastering the knacks of international...
View ArticleZesco, Buffaloes look to soar
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka HAVING dropped two points each on Sunday, both Zesco United and Green Buffaloes will be hoping for better outings today in their respective Super Division matches.After Buffaloes...
View ArticleZambia mourns Minister Kalima
STAFF REPORTERS Lusaka, Chipata, Ndola PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has accorded late Minister of Gender Victoria Kalima,who died on Monday night after an illness, a State funeral for her distinguished...
View ArticleKambwili apologises to Kampyongo for false allegations
CATHERINE MUMBA, Parliament PARLIAMENT resumed sitting on a high note yesterday with Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini ordering Roan Member of Parliament (MP) Chishimba Kambwili to...
View ArticleStop punch for punch
ELIZABETH CHATUVELA, Mongu and CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lukulu PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called on the United Party for National Development (UPND) to take stock of whoever is perpetrating violence in their...
View ArticlePan-Africanism is the answer to economic emancipation
Analysis: MWAPE MUSONDA SOMETIME in 2015 we authored an article titled “Africa needs to trade more with itself”, and we highlighted at length how significant trade amongst African countries is in the...
View ArticleWitchcraft hunt ends in cultural heritage
STEVEN MVULA and CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka SOCIAL media speculation on introduction of a degree programme in witchcraft at the University of Zambia (UNZA) is misinformation on well-intended studies in...
View ArticleStatutory institutions can mitigate housing shortage
Dear editor, KINDLY allow me space in your paper to express my opinion on the residential housing shortage in Zambia.Needless to say, there will never ever be a time when every citizen will have a...
View ArticleMarjorie Banda: Outstanding female academic
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka IN 1989, when Marjorie Mwamba Banda set out to pursue an advanced technology course at Northern Technical College (NORTEC) in Ndola, little did she know she would turn out to be a...
View ArticleSocial media abuse hurting marriages
Analysis: EMELDA MUSONDA AS GOOD as technological advancements may be, they do come with their own challenges.Technological advancements can either be a blessing or a curse. While the advent of social...
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