By SYLVESTER MWALE in Mumbwa  – THREE companies are rowing over rights to a gold mine located in chief Shakumbila’s area of Mumbwa district in Central Province, with physical fights said to have broken out....

By KASONDE KASONDE – TWENTY-TWO chiefs yesterday walked out of a national validation meeting on the proposed National Land Policy chaired by Lands Minister Jean Kapata protesting that they had been excluded from the process...

By DELPHINE ZULU – A FUNEREAL atmosphere descended on the Lusaka High Court as lawyer and lawmaker Keith Mukata was given the death sentence yesterday for the murder of a security guard last year. Mukata,...

IN this era, mechanised agriculture is being promoted as a means to enhance sustainable food production and poverty alleviation in many African countries including Zambia. In some African countries and Zambia in particular, some farmers...

CROP diversification has been one of the most topical issues that most agricultural experts have been championing to raise the agricultural sector’s contribution to the national economy. Every farmer can embark on this to achieve...

By CHRISTABEL CHIWILA  – THE economic matrix of saving money comes in many forms with the Village banks, which come in form of loans designed to empower people including vulnerable members of society, was a...

By KASONDE KASONDE – PAMBASHE Member of Parliament Ronald Chitotela has distributed more than 60,000 exercise books to eight schools in Kawambwa District. The books are part of the Presidential Initiative aimed at equipping the...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – SOUTHERN Province is one of the worst performing regions in the education sector, Teaching Service Commission chairperson Stanley Muhango has said. Mr Muhango said the office of the provincial education officer...

By MILDRED KATONGO – VARIOUS stakeholders have welcomed the move by the Government to present the Electoral Reform Bills to Parliament aimed at enhancing the country’s democracy, saying that it has been long overdue. The...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has started distributing electronic fiscal devices (EFD) which will compel business outlets to issue customers with tax receipts whenever they buy a product from their shop....