From Grandma’s Pot to the Freezer: Why Zambian traditional foods still feed us better
In Lusaka’s Mtendere compound, 68-year-old *Bana Mary is up at 5am like she has been for 40 years. The fire is already going. On it sits a clay pot with…
Zambia’s GDP grew by 7.7% in 2026 Q1
The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 7.7 percent in the first quarter of the year 2026, the Zambia Statistics Agency has revealed. Apparently, the annual inflation rate for…
Chipata City Council warns uncertified food handlers
Chipata City Council has issued a strong warning to all food business operators in the city who continue to allow employees to handle food without the mandatory Food Handlers’ Medical…
Lungu participates in ‘Feeding Africa’ High-level dialogue
President Edgar Lungu has participated in a High-level dialogue meeting on ‘Feeding Africa: Leadership meant to scale up successful innovations in the region and Africa as a whole. During the…
Health Insights: The Super Nutritious Mulberries
By Asunta Simoloka Mulberries, fruits known as ‘marubeni’ in Zambia, have nutrients that promote good health and create a perfect antidote for numerous diseases. Mulberries are endowed with lots of…
Health Insights: Lusala (Dioscorea roots) unmatched nutrition
By Asunta Simoloka Dioscorea roots, known in Zambia as Lusala, underscore the unmatched nutrition that people forego when they abandon indigenous foods. This healthy tuber contains iron and copper, essential…
Health Insights: Two super foods for Diabetes
By Asunta Simoloka The powerful anti diabetes properties of these foods prove that making healthy food choices can overcome many lifestyle related diseases. Pumpkin Chinese researchers have identified nutrients in…
Health Insights: Eating red meat linked to early death
By Asunta Simoloka In my last article I referred to maheu as a modernized version of chibwantu. A reader commented that maheu has always been around and is not a…
France battles ‘microwave’ food in restaurants
By AFP Fearing the creeping use of re-heated pre-prepared food in restaurants, French lawmakers have voted to force restaurants to use a “home made” label for freshly made dishes, and…
Today’s Cartoon
Its not fair, just when I become a full blown bachelor and want to start making my home and career fyonse balunda but salary same….rent up, today bus fare up,…