By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – CHEMBE District has received K325,000 from Government for drilling 15 boreholes in an effort to increase access to clean water. Chembe District council secretary Francis Nkhoma said a similar number of...

BY SYLVIA MWEETWA – ENGAGING in sexual acts among school girls not only in Kabwe’s Central Province but the country as a whole is becoming a common phenomena resulting in early pregnancies which the Government is grappling with in the educational...

BY ADRIAN MWANZA – RESIDENTS of Kabwata high rise flats have expressed fear over the poor state of the structures which pose a danger to their lives. Since the sale of the flats to the...

By CHARITY MOONGA and JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT is ready to render assistance to asylum seekers from Burundi who are trooping into the country in large numbers, President Edgar Lungu has said. The President regretted...

By CHARITY MOONGA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has arrived in the country from South Africa where he had gone to attend the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit and thereafter a medical review. Mr...

By JULIUS PHIRI – FARMERS around the country are stuck with more than 3,000 metric tonnes of tobacco after failing to sell the produce due to lack of market, the Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ)...

By JAMES KUNDA – RESPONSE to the on-going drug administration exercise against elephantiasis in Ndola has been overwhelming, a survey has revealed. At three public health institutions visited yesterday, more than 50,000 people had accessed...

By JULIUS PHIRI – PARAMOUNT Chief Kalonga Gawa Undi of the Chewa people has called for co-existence between his tribe and the Ngoni people in Chipata District of Eastern Province. Chief Gawa Undi said the...

OVER the past weeks, Zambia has continued to receive brothers and sisters fleeing violence in Burundi. More than 300 have arrived, among them children and women, who are most vulnerable whenever civil unrest surfaces in...

By CHARITY MOONGA  – LUSAKA Province has been placed on high typhoid alert following the presence of the disease in Kanyama Township in Lusaka. More than 30 schools have been closed following the reported cases...