By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT will embark on a countrywide exercise of mapping out areas that contain untapped mineral deposits, Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has said. Mr Yaluma said the Government...

By SAM PHIRI  – SIX contractors have been awarded tenders to construct hostels at the University of Zambia (UNZA) main campus that will create 4,160 bed spaces. The contractors that have already moved on site...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Choma magistrate’s court has fined a Malawian business executive K20, 000 for failure to renew his cross-border permit. Wilton Chasweka, 50, was charged with failure to comply with terms of...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE tarring of the multi-million Kwacha Bottom Road in Southern Province, has reached Gwembe District from Siavonga. The road, which connects Chirundu, Siavonga, Gwembe, Sinazongwe and Livingstone districts, would have about...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has urged investors to expose Zambians to business strategies aimed at creating jobs and wealth for the betterment of their livelihood. Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge said investors should incorporate Zambians...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – A THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD man of Salamba Village in Chief Nzamane’s area in Chipata District has been fined K750 and a goat by a traditional court for allegedly attempting to sleep with his...

By MWANGALA LISELI – EDUCATION Minister Michael Kaingu has said the reading culture in the country has gone down due to unavailability of libraries in many places of the country. Dr Kaingu said at the...

By MAYA NTANDA – A COPPERBELT University (CBU) employee has died after committing suicide in unexplained circumstances. Rogers Musonda, a grounds man at the university was found dead in a maize field in Bulangililo Township...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE United Party for National Development (UPND) has backed the Green Party on its policy to legalise the cultivation of cannabis. UPND vice-president for political affairs Canisius Banda said there was...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Ndola magistrate court has fined two Congolese men K3,000 each for unlawful stay. The same Court has also fined a 35-year-old Congolese woman K2,800 for a similar offence. Immigration Department...