By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – GOVERNMENT will expedite the construction of roads in the country following the securing of the US$1 billion sovereign bond. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa  Mukanga said some of the...

By NORMA SIAME – A  TWENTY-year-old man of Chiswaswa village in Chief Nkole Mfumu in Kasama District has shocked his neighbourhood after he was caught committing beastiality with a chicken. Frazier Kasonde is alleged to...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – LABOUR and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda has said Government and the Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) share a common goal of uplifting the welfare of the Zambian workers. Mr Shamenda...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – ELECTRICITY and water have been connected to the newly-constructed Lufwanyama Police Station making the facility ready for commissioning, Inspector General (IG) of Police Stella Libongani has said. Ms Libongani, who was...

By CHATULA KAMPO – THE Social Welfare Department says it will ensure that no ‘ghost beneficiaries’ are included in the social cash transfer programme. The social transfer scheme is a Government programme being implemented by...

By ETAMBUYU SANG’ANDU – GOVERNMENT has allocated K355,000 for the upgrading of Kitwe’s Wusakile’s B7 Clinic into a maternity health institution. Wusakile Member of Parliament Richard Musukwa said the upgrading would involve construction of a...

By KASONDE KASONDE – CHIBOMBO District in Central Province has been given K1,850,000 for Agriculture infrastructure development in the 2014 budget. District Commissioner Felix Mang’wato disclosed that the district is also in the process of...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) has called for increased screening of tourists visiting Zambia’s tourism sites to safeguard the country from the deadly Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Recently, the Ministry of Health...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – Local Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) are expected to benefit from the K200 million Madison Finance Company is projected to roll out this year. Madison Finance managing director Ken Simwaba said the...

By HELEN ZULU – The Russian Government is committed to the promotion of trade and investment in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA) regional grouping to enhance cooperation. Russian Ambassador to Zambia Konstantin...