Editorial

By Eng Geoffrey Chishimba Chiyumbe Negligence is simply defined as “failure to take proper care and as a result, that failure causes injury or damage to someone.” The best way to explain negligence is with this example: If you fail to fix the roof in your office and a client comes into the office and […]

Yotam Muleya was only 19-years-old when he died, yet he has a government school and road in the capital City, Lusaka, named after him. Yotam Muleya Road in Libala streches along David Kaunda Technical School, joining Independence Avenue to Burma Road. In Lusaka’s Emmasdale area, there is also a primary school named after him. Muleya […]

By JOHN SAKALA President Edgar Lungu has expressed concern that there is a paltry number of the elite benefiting from clearing at customs. Making his latest Facebook post, President Lungu said he has implored the Minister of Finance to ensure skewed business activities towards a few customs clearing agents is addressed. He said the anomaly […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Even in a White House of never-befores, this may be one of the more head-spinning: The president’s chief of staff is trying to join a lawsuit against the president. Mick Mulvaney works only about 50 steps from the Oval Office as he runs the White House staff, but rather than simply obey […]

By Emmanuel Mwamba We were at a senior Ambassador’s residence for a working dinner in Pretoria. We were about 10 or so African ambassadors invited to attend dinner and observe Africa Day. During our time at the dinner table, this old man, from a francophone country, his actions towards me, seemed to have  identified […]

By Dickson Jere A South African colleague reached out to me crying. He has been fired for posting somewhat inappropriate tweet on the Springbok after their weekend Rug World Cup win. “But it was on my personal page nothing to do with the company,” he tearfully narrated his ordeal, adding that he even deleted the […]

Dear Editor, Loudly, I would like to dramatize the shameful act in Kaoma. Zambians must go back to high moral principle which we are known for. This nation is rich with promise but sometimes I see thick fog in the night which we need to wait until it melts away. The account of moral values […]

Dear Editor, I write with shame how some civic leaders have failed to lead to the aspirations of their voters with developmental projects in their wards. It is even more embarrassing that a civic leader will go to the media and to start  praising oneself about developmental projects being done government that are none […]

By Brenda Bukowa So this week, I have been thinking of the need to define and segment audiences in Public Relations (PR) work. Coming from a background of journalism, my mind is accustomed to targeting audiences in my literary work. I have been thinking though, perhaps, just like in journalism, defining one’s audiences in PR […]