The main purpose of this study was to investigate the role played by the traditional establishment in the electoral process in Mpezeni Chiefdom of Chipata district in Eastern Province. The study sought to fulfill the following objectives: To determine the extent to which the traditional...
Download PDF ↓This study is set out to investigate the role of ZNBC Radio One in influencing rural populations: A case of political communication on democracy in Katuba Ward, Central Province of Zambia. Descriptive research design method was used. 100 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 100...
Download PDF ↓The study explored the significance and resilience of Chinamwali initiation ceremony of the Chewa of Katete District. In doing so, there was deep interrogation in terms of roles, morals and why Chinamwali initiation has survived in the midst of social changes in the religious cosmology of the...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated the syntax of verb phrases in Tonga language which is one of the Bantu languages found in Southern Province of Zambia. The descriptive study was carried out to examine whether or not verb phrases in Tonga can be analysed using insights from Government Binding (GB). Data...
Download PDF ↓Rock art is much more than mere decorations or reflections of everyday concerns or daubing of figures for idle pastime but a reflection of past people’s relation with their environment. This study examines Shiwa Ng'andu Rock Art of in the context of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene...
Download PDF ↓The study sought to examine the translation strategies applied to establish meaning equivalence in the process of translating news in English into Nyanja at the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). The objectives of the study were three fold: Firstly, to establish the strategies that...
Download PDF ↓Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting people from different age groups, frequently, pregnant women, especially in the developing. WHO (1996) defines anaemia in pregnancy as haemoglobin (Hb) level below 11g/dl in the first half of the pregnancy and 10.5g/dl in the second half. The...
Download PDF ↓The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2016 recommended early infant male circumcision EIMC for prevention of HIV. Ministry of Health and other Non-Governmental organisations (NGO) such as CIDRZ are determined to reach male circumcision prevalence of...
Download PDF ↓Malaria in pregnancy causes adverse birth outcomes. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is recommended as a chemoprevention therapy. Despite the effectiveness of the intervention, Zomba district has below national average uptake...
Zambia’s recent plague outbreaks in 2001 and 2007 were of great public health concern because of the potential to cause devastating social, environmental and economic effects in the country. Plague is a virulent vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis and has potential to infect...
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