Opinion

ECONOMIC poverty plays a major role in the rising number of street children, although other factors equally contribute to this social vice. These can include: parental deaths, parental neglect and other social factors such as peer influence, violence and abuse of children at home or within communities. Every single child has their own unique story. […]

IT IS sad that the family bond that unites most Africans and Zambians in particular, has been eroded. We now have sons murdering their parents because they are old and therefore suspected to be practicing witchcraft. This is sad. These same people being accused raised the accusers. Without shame, sons and daughters rise up and […]

THE soaring rate of divorce in Zambia is not only a source of concern but something that should jolt us into thinking about ways we can act to reverse the trend as a nation. It’s unacceptable for a Christian society like ours to record as a high number of marriage breakups, like 28, 000, in […]

GOVERNMENT empowerment programmes have always been there but not fully taken advantage of by Zambians especially the youth because of the fear of taking risks. We quite understand that sometimes it is a lack of information that results to the low uptake of these opportunities but risk taking has been a major hindrance. Starting a […]

PRODUCTION and circulation of the sex video or nude pictures for personal use, monetary gains or fame should be avoided at all cost as it is not only immoral but also a criminal offence in Zambia. This embarrassing act is immoral and a criminal offence as it is likely to corrupt morals of people and […]

IT is evident that despite the high entrepreneurial spirit among youths, they lack the skills and business know-how of running an enterprise. This has contributed to the current high level of youth unemployment in Zambia which government is currently battling with its economies anguishes. In an effort to find means of survival, the youths and […]

MUCH as it is universally acknowledged that the right to freedom of expression is a foundational human right of the greatest importance, this freedom should be exercised with responsibility. Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy, key to the protection of all human rights, and fundamental to human dignity in its own right. However, […]

GENDER minister, Elizabeth Phiri, is rightly worried about attacks on women in Lusaka where one woman has been killed and others left for dead in a space of one week. The minister has asked the police to step up their game and ensure that the citizens are made to feel secure. In Lusaka’s Kabangwe area, […]

WITH the advent of new technology, social media has been used by many to effect positive change in society but unbelievably so, it has also turned out to be a tool abused by many. Despite the fact that social media is associated with many issues, it’s important to keep in mind that using social media […]