Councils should leverage political will to plan
TOWN planning is critical to improving the quality of life for residents by creating attractive and functional public spaces. This is also by guiding the development of buildings and other…
We can only win together
ANY disease outbreak requires collective effort to fight successfully. This is one of the greatest lessons COVID-19 taught us, where we saw concerted effort win the fight against humanity’s biggest…
Government’s efforts to combat cholera laudable
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday called on citizens to adhere to the health guidelines being given by health authorities on containing the cholera outbreak. Mr Hichilema said, “We can only defeat…
Utterly despicable and disgusting
THE problem of junkies (young men high on drugs and fomenting terror) has now reached an alarming level and calls for decisive action before it is too late. Unfortunately, it…
Increased maize production can boost Zambia’s economy
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday noted with happiness that many citizens have ventured into maize production, which he said is impressive as it is the only way to ensure food security.…
Local procurement can spur economic growth
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s directive on Sunday evening to all the three arms of our defence forces to practise ‘positive discrimination’ in procurement by ensuring that goods and services are bought…
Lungu has no moral right to talk about corruption
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa observed yesterday that former President Edgar Lungu is not the right person to talk about the fight against corruption because of his tainted record. He…
Abolition of automatic progression welcome
ANNOUNCING the release of Grade Seven and Grade Nine results yesterday, Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima revealed that Government had decided to end the automatic progression of Grade Sevens to…
ATI testament of State’s commitment to transparency
YESTERDAY President Hakainde Hichilema vouchsafed Zambians an early Christmas gift in the form of an end-of-year press conference. We call it a gift because we believe the press conference came…
Our problems not unique, but solutions must be
WITHOUT doubt, the world today stands on the edge of a precipice, pushed by two events that no-one could have predicted a few years ago – COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine…