ABIGAIL KASHWEKA, Vubwi
A MENTION of Eastern province does not end without agriculture coming in the picture. (more…)
MTHONISWA BANDA, Solwezi
THERE were deafening shouts of “I am touched! I am touched!” as the 107 graduating pupils at the Girl Mentorship Programme seventh graduation ceremony responded to motivational poems, plays and a speech by fellow pupils at Trident College in Solwezi. (more…)
Analysis: CHOLA LUNGU
“IT TAKES a village to raise a child.” It says a child, it does not specify whether this child is a boy or girl. (more…)
Analysis: KABAMBA MWANSA
FOR my country Zambia, the 21st century is an epoch of the youths; it is a youth era. (more…)
FOR a time, during her childhood in Zambia, Lelemba Chitembo Phiri’s ambition was to be a boy. And why not? It seemed to her that boys had more fun, less responsibility, and more opportunity. Her parents saw it differently, though. “I remember my parents explaining to me that I could be anything I wanted provided I worked hard enough – and that being a girl was no impediment.”
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka
IN LUSAKA'S Ng'ombe township, 12 young women are learning jewellery-making skills that are giving them the opportunity to work (more…)
IT IS encouraging to note that efforts by the Zambian government to mitigate the suffering of the (more…)