As Hivos joins the World in commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day, whose theme is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, the story of Violet Malama, an entrepreneur, farmer and activist comes to mind. […]

The role of a father in an African home is typically one that is synonymous with firm leadership, absolute authority and the source of all truth. In the experience of many, there is a stark […]

More than the father, every mother of a school going teenage girl dreads, every day, to be told two heart wrenching bad news from their little daughter: “I have been raped” and “I am pregnant”. […]

Thirty-three-year-old Justine Wamunyima was a loving father, a devoted husband, a family man, and a hardworking man. On 30th December 2021, he was arrested by the police following a minor traffic infraction and taken into […]

Since 2022, Zambia has made significant steps towards consolidating democracy through law reforms. The decades-long debate about the constitutional legitimacy of the crime of defamation of the President was resolved by the National Assembly through […]

Introduction The author believes in that domain of philosophy called empiricism; the doctrine which holds that the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience. Put simply, empiricism is the modern Western intellectual tradition of […]

Recently an article was published in which the deplorable state of young marriages in Zambia was highlighted. Zambia may have been the focus there but this is actually a representation of a global trend. Naturally […]

Introduction Welcome to 2023! This article advocates 50/50 ownership of the coming Electrical Vehicle Battery (EVB) venture; to be anchored on the cobalt metal located in Zambia and Congo D. R. The proposal is that […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government will relook at the designs of most bridges and dams in the country to ensure they are up to standard and able to respond to adverse weather conditions. The President... […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government will work with the Church in various areas including the education sector. And Seventh-Day Adventist Church world president Dr Ted Wilson says he believes God is working through President... […]