Liuwa: Wildlife changing lives
CHISHIMBA BWALYA Kalabo MUBIYANA Amulomba had been a teacher for 30 years before he decided to retire and venture into active farming in 2020. However, swapping a white-collar job for…
Twapia mothers turn to clean energy
LILLIAN BANDA Ndola IT IS late in the afternoon and Martha Mweemba, 38, a vegetable trader in Ndola’s Twapia Township, Copperbelt Province, is getting ready to prepare dinner for her…
Rain harvesting works wonders
- Mutama-Bweengwa community farmers avert drought, hunger MARGARET CHISANGA Pemba ON A four-hour drive from the country’s capital, Lusaka, to Pemba district in Southern Province, the sight of maize fields…
Repositioning Africa in global health
MONICA KAYOMBO, Lusaka TOMORROW Zambia will be playing host to one of the most important conferences, the 2023 International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA). This year’s conference will…
Travelling nightmares to Kasama
CHAMBWA MOONGA Kasama KASAMA, the capital of Northern Province, is 850 kilometres north of the capital, Lusaka. Now, those are not few kilometres to grant peace to any road traveller,…
Bridges of thanks: RDA thanks JICA for technical, financial support to selected bridges
CHAMBWA MOONGA Lusaka WITHOUT much thought, one can easily trash a bridge as an insignificant piece of infrastructure that is there maybe for road adornment. But the truth, without delving…
Pemba: CDF awakening sleeping giant
ALVIN CHIINGA Pemba A NEGLECTED district, one would say of Pemba on their first visit to the town in Southern Province. The town’s central business district still has some dilapidated…
ATI Bill: New Dawn walks the talk
ZIPPORAH MUSHALA Lusaka IN A democratic country like Zambia, media freedom and access to information cannot be divorced from good governance. While blatantly obvious, the enactment of an Access to…
Italy, Zambia set to revive old friendship
JACK ZIMBA Lusaka BACK in the 1980s, Zambia had an almost romantic relationship with Italy through the much loved Fiat car, which had become ubiquitous on the streets of Lusaka.…
Restoring sight amidst myths in Ngabwe
MELODY MUPETA Kitwe IN SPITE of myths that undergoing a cataract surgery could permanently damage one’s eyes, Henry Mabo, 68, of Ngabwe, allowed eye specialists to operate on him. Mr…