By JAMES KUNDA – A WEEK-LONG campaign against elephantiasis has commenced in Ndola with more than 400,000 residents earmarked to receive preventive medication against the disease. Elephantiasis is a disease characterised by massive swelling of...

By ANDREW PHIRI – MULOBEZI Community Rural Health Centre in Western Province has over the past four years not recorded any maternal deaths. Mulobezi clinical officer-in-charge Dickson Mwaliteta said the health institution had lined up...

By CLEVER ZULU – ZAMBIA will hand over Angolans who are in Zambian prisons following a treaty signed between the two countries in 2009. Home Affairs Deputy Minister Gerry Chanda said Zambia currently has 27...

By CHARITY MOONGA – POLITICAL parties contesting the three parliamentary by-elections have expressed confidence of winning the seats ahead of voting on June 30. Voters in Petauke and Malambo in Eastern Province and Mulobezi in...

By BENNET SIMBEYE  – In JOHANNESBURG, SA FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has urged African first ladies to remain resolute in ending preventable maternal, neo-natal and child deaths. Ms Lungu said despite the gains made so...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – PRELIMINARY data indicates that Mungwi District in Northern Province has copper deposits and the Government has urged residents to take advantage of that by obtaining small-scale mining licences. Mines, Energy and...

By ANDREW PHIRI – ZAMBEZI Sawmills in Mulobezi has secured US$20 million from a South African bank to revamp the timber industry in the area. Zambezi Sawmills director Elvis Malumo said the funds would go...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – NATIONAL Breweries Plc says competition from illicit opaque bulk beer has become a significant concern for the company. This threatened the ability of the company to generate a fair return on...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – AFRICAN Life Assurance Company Zambia Limited has grown its market share from 12 per cent to 40 per cent in the last five years. Company Chief Executive Officer Gary Corbit attributed...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Government will engage and assist the metal fabricators to establish a company for them to benefit from the growth in the construction industry. Transport, Works, Supply and Communication Minister Yamfwa...