By ADRIAN MWANZA – UNIVERSITY of Zambia (UNZA) Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Simukanga and three other senior university members have stepped down from their positions. The resignations come in the wake of a strike by lecturers...
Read MoreBy ADRIAN MWANZA – LUSAKA City has of late witnessed rising levels of prostitution, especially in Kabwata Township with many utilising incomplete buildings in the area as brothels. In a Sunday Times survey, some Kabwata...
Read MoreBy SAM PHIRI – GOVERNMENT intends to come up with a Statutory Instrument (SI) that will proscribe export of unprocessed minerals in order to add value to the resource within the country. Energy, Mines and...
Read MoreBy SARAH MWANZA – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has urged the Church to continue praying for President Edgar Lungu and his Cabinet for God’s guidance in order for them to render service to the people. Ms...
Read MoreBy MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – ZAMPOST has resorted to drastic cost-saving measures that include salary reductions of K500 on all unionised employees, retrenchments and retirements. According to the findings by the Sunday Times, about 100 unionised...
Read MoreBY ADRIAN MWANZA – LOCAL Government and Housing Deputy Minister Danny Chingimbu has called for quick implementation of the National Decentralisation Policy for improved delivery of public services. Mr Chingimbu said decentralisation, if properly implemented,...
Read MoreBY ADRIAN MWANZA – ZAMBIA Prisons Service commissioner Percy Chato has said sodomy is the biggest contributor of HIV/AIDS in Zambian prisons. Mr Chato said most prisoners were engaged in homosexual activities that contributed to...
Read MoreBy SARAH MWANZA – CHIBOMBO District Commissioner Felix Mang’wato has attributed the increased teenage pregnancies and early marriages in the area to the lack of boarding space at secondary schools. Mr Mang’wato said the district...
Read MoreBy SAM PHIRI – BRITISH High Commissioner James Thornton has paid tribute to First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda for his role in creating a peaceful and unified Zambia after independence. Mr Thornton described Dr Kaunda...
Read MoreBy BRIAN HATYOKA – A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD mother in Livingstone is struggling to provide for her four other siblings and her child. The teenage mother stopped school in Grade Five at 14 when she was impregnated...
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