By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA – Reports with statistics showing cases of women and girls as victims of Gender Based violence (GBV) have escalated in the recent past, taking all forms of violence and discrimination. The last...

By JANE MWANSA – NKANA Constituency Member of Parliament Alexander Chiteme is disappointed over the selling of play parks in Kitwe to private developers without approval from the Kitwe City Council (KCC). Mr Chiteme said...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE debate on whether to have an inquest into the killing of State prosecutor Nsama Nsama and United Party for National Development (UPND) sympathiser Joseph Kaunda or not has continued. Lusaka...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE most common treatment form of chronic illnesses is the use of medication. Medicine represents the largest component of health expenditure, including surgery, physical therapy, radio and psychology. The prevention and...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) recommended that the 20 per cent sub-contracting threshold for local contractors should be made law while a specialised commercial bank for construction sector should be...

By MUSONDA MANGILASHI and JULIUS PHIRI – A BABY and a pair of twins of the same family have been burnt to death while their father escaped with burns after a grass-thatched house they were...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) says the support of commercial banks towards local contractors has declined because the construction sector is now considered a high-risk field. BAZ chief executive officer...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) has called for public private sector collaboration in building farmer’s productive capacity. ZCF director general James Chirwa said there was need for stakeholders to focus on...

THE incident that occurred in Lusaka where a building caved in and killed a worker at the site is one among many incidents that have continued raising questions on the competence of some architectural works....

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – AN INSTANT justice mob has allegedly killed a suspected ex-convict in Kitwe’s Twatasha Township in an unclear circumstance. Copperbelt Deputy Commissioner of Police Bothwell Namuswa confirmed the development in an interview...