The passenger transportation situation in Lusaka is moving from bad to worse. Traffic congestions have now spread to almost all the roads, untarred ones included. The difference between peak and off-peak hours is slowly fading if not already extinct. The roads are congested from sunrise to sunset. Causes of congestion in Lusaka include among other...

For so many of us, Things Fall Apart is one of the few fiction books that we have read. This is likely because it was part of the high school reading list - it had to be read! I was also introduced to the writings of Chinua Achebe this way. One thing that, 17 years...

(The Agent for Positive Change) Stereotypically, the world is united and its incremental development, as a result of innovations and creativity, seems to be shared and ubiquitous. Unfortunately, the world is, archetypally, dismembered and its evolution is ascribed to certain parts of it (world); not equally participated. Africa, for instance, is the second largest continent...

In beginning my forecast for the year 2023, allow me to draw your attention to the perils of 2022. What many hoped would be the year that the global economy arose entirely from the doldrums of COVID, presented a successive and almost as equally disruptive shock to economies around the world. Early in the year...

(Episode One) It is surprising how individuals know certain facts of life, yet want to avoid talking about them even when it is clear that it is a possible destination for them. The subject of retirement is one that is rarely talked about, and once individuals attain the age of retirement or are either retired...

Introduction Followers of the Zambian economy’s debt engagements will have read or heard reference to the G20 Common framework. The arrangement serves as the guiding principle to the Group of 20, who are the 20 largest economies in the world, in dealing with debt crises in poorer nations. A relatively new initiative, launched in the...

Unfulfilled Promises: The Mismatch in Policy Statements and Legislative Proposals for Pension Reforms By Josiah Kalala In the run up to the 2021 elections, the then head of the opposition United Party for National Development Promised to implement comprehensive pension reforms once elected to office. The campaign promise was repeated by the President when he...

This is my formal writing and the special opening of my every letter. (I do not write for beauty, but for memories). Mr. President Sir, needless to say however I take sole responsibility to state that you are our God given leader, a Shepard we hoped to ship the flock from and different with other...

ACCORDING to one scientific research, children inherit their cleverness from their mothers. The intelligence gene is supposedly linked to the X-chromosome and since women have two of these, there’s a greater possibility that they pass on their wits to the children. If this is true then it goes without saying that if you educate a...

It is true that most desperate people resort to desperate means, to escape their desperation. Until life escapes our bodies, we humans have the capacity to manufacture infinite options to escape suffering, pain and death. Funny, it is also true that this desperation, treated as doing what is necessary to overcome threats to our lives...