By KAUSA MBASELA – BARRICK Lumwana Mining Company (LMC) has pledged to sharpen farmer competitiveness by raising standards of crop quality and hygiene. Speaking at the closing of a Barrick Lumwana Mining Company five-day food...

By JAJAH  COULIBALY – THE Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) has suspended the selling of water at its communal taps and kiosks in five townships prone to cholera outbreaks. The townships include Kanyama, Garden...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A LUSAKA lawyer has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to swindling unsuspecting job seekers out of K80, 000 on pretext that he will find jobs for them in security...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa office has established an incident management system at various country offices on the continent to deal with any possible cases of...

  By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA –   ANOTHER suspended Patriotic Front (PF) councillor in Kitwe has been arrested in another scandal involving illegal sale of plots by civic leaders in the district. Copperbelt Police chief Charity...

  By SYLVESTER MWALE –   SCORES of Kabwe traders and marketeers on Thursday marched in the streets in solidarity with President Edgar Lungu’s initiative aimed at empowering them with soft loans. The procession which...

  By MILDRED KATONGO –   TWO vicious dogs that mauled a seven-year-old girl of Ndola’s Pamodzi Overspill area have been killed by the Veterinary Department after they were declared a danger to human life....

  By RABECCA CHIPANTA –   CHIEFS and Traditional Affairs Deputy Minister, John Kufuna has given contractors engaged to build three chiefs’ places on the Copperbelt up to April to complete the works. Mr Kufuna,...

By JAMES KUNDA – A SAMPLE census will be conducted by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) to determine how many people will be eligible to participate in the Referendum on the proposed Bill of Rights...

By JAMES KUNDA – PARLIAMENTARY proceedings yesterday almost ended in a near punch-up between the ruling party and opposition members as the House was considering a motion for the Government to raise the external and...