Since Michael Sata’s death, the ruling party has witnessed an unprecedented fight for the presidency, which has also drawn in members of his family.
Former Zambian first lady Vera Tembo (formerly Chiluba) showed her resilience in last week’s general elections, winning a parliamentary seat for the Movement for Multi Party…
Martin Mubanga’s parents have changed his school twice this year because he was forced to share ‘overcrowded” classrooms with 14 other learners. ‘What’s the point of sending your…
The festive season is traditionally a time of giving in Zambia, where the streets of the capital, Lusaka, are awash with people caught up in the buying frenzy that characterises…
Voluntary testing or mandatory testing? That is the question Aids activists and government officials are grappling with in Zambia, where about one million people have already…
This month marks the second anniversary of a corruption task force set up by Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa to investigate the alleged improprieties of his predecessor,…
One step forward, three steps backwards: that’s how various Aids activists, parents and teachers in Zambia are describing government’s decision to ban the distribution of condoms…
Zambia’s labour movement has declared February 18 a day of national protest against the government’s decision to increase taxes and freeze salaries of the more than 120 000…
Low wages and unemployment, coupled with high taxes, have forced thousands of qualified Zambians to flee the country in search of greener pastures — but President Levy Mwanawasa…
Six people have died from cholera and another 165 are reported to be in a serious condition as the disease sweeps through Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. It appears that local…
The demand for anti-Aids drugs far outstrips supply in many African countries. But, Zambia appears to be an exception to this rule — at first glance. People are not visiting…
More than 2 000 Zambian workers have been left in the lurch as the South African franchise shop Supreme Furnishers was liquidated by a Lusaka court this week — the third South…
More than 2 000 Zambian workers have been left in the lurch as the South African franchise shop Supreme Furnishers was liquidated by a Lusaka court this week — the third South…
