A LAW APPROVED on 2nd December 1776 and Incorporated in the Constitution firmly places Sweden as the first country to recognize the right of information. This country is also a pioneer in self-regulation. The three professional organisations – the Journalist Union, the Swedish Association of Newspaper Editors, and the Journalists Club – gave life to the Pressen opinionsnamind (press council) in 1916, which is a court of honor that monitors journalism practice. Any person or organisation that feel that they were wronged in their right of information by a published story may ask the intervention of this court. The press...

Indiscriminate, Open-air burning of waste chocking Chawama residents By Patrick Soko The issue of land scarcity in Lusaka is prompting some residents of Chawama constituency to be burying the dam which has been used as drainage for many years, much to the displeasure of some people as they are continuously being subjected to open-air burning of waste thereby exposing them to health risks. Most of the people who reside near the dam and those who have businesses around it have been trying to expand their land by encroaching the Dam by claiming to own the land in question. While they...