DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka WITH her figure cast into shadow by a fig tree, Ms Tina Nambao, a street vendor in Chaisa Township, is selling groundnuts on a table which once…
SCOTT MATAFWALI, Kitwe THE world has recently been plunged into a war against the recent pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The efforts to develop vaccines and discover new…
ESTHER MSETEKA, Chirundu
THERE is urgent need to sensitise the public on the dangers of the coronavirus (Covid-19) as some still believe that dark-skinned people are immune to the disease. (more…)
MWAPE MWENYA, Lusaka
HEART-BROKEN by the loss of her first-born son, Astridah Moonga cannot hold tears back as she narrates how Sydney Moonga, 17, succumbed to bullet wounds on February 13. (more…)
LUCY LUMBE, Livingstone
LIBUYU Township is officially listed among the biggest and oldest townships in Livingstone. (more…)
Analysis: HOPE NYAMBE
I WAS inadvertently sent a video clip of Johannesburg Mayor, Herman Mashaba, where in an interview with Radio 702 alleges that “as many as 80 percent of the inner-city residents are undocumented foreigners.” (more…)
Gender Focus with EMELDA MWITWA
AS WE commemorate World Breastfeeding Week, I want to address the subject of breastfeeding from a mother’s point of view.
I will share my thoughts as a layperson, based on my own experiences. I will touch on the benefits of breastfeeding as relayed to me by health care providers during the times I was breastfeeding. (more…)
CATHERINE MUMBA, Muchinga
MARY Munyenyembe, 28, of Muyombe area in Mafinga district, Muchinga Province wants to have a small and manageable family. Though family planning services are not easily accessible in rural areas, this is one challenge she is determined to overcome.