NINETY pigs have died since the outbreak of African swine fever in Kasempa District in North-Western Province a fortnight ago. District Agricultural authorities have banned the movement and slaughter of pigs for pork products, while...

THE bumper harvest in maize and other major crops for 2013/14 farming season has come as a relief. It has come as a relief in the sense that there have been some fears that the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- GOOD Time Steel Company Zambia Limited will invest about US$70 million in setting up a modern smelting plant this year to double its production capacity to 100,000 tonnes per annum. Company deputy...

IT is pleasing to hear reports that the Government will soon launch the 2014/2015 Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) distribution exercise. This is as it should be to end the perennial late delivery of fertiliser...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- THE Africa Development Bank (AfDB) is undertaking a feasibility study on the expansion of port facilities at Mpulungu Harbour in Zambia and Bujumbura in Burundi. And AfDB will finance the linking of...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- GLOBAL health partners are working together to accelerate progress towards a world free of malaria, with ambitious planning and optimised use of all funding, in order to increase impact and reach more...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- ZAMBIA is this week expected to host the eighth international HIV/AIDS Scientific conference dubbed the INTEREST workshop. According to a statement made available by the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has adopted a life-time support to the children’s cancer ward at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). According to a media statement made available...

By STEPHEN KAPAMBWE- In the serene village of Kapimpa in Chinsali district of Zambian’s Northern Province lurks an unknown disease that locals have long associated with myth. Until recently, medical experts could not explain the...

By KAIKO NAMUSA- PRESIDENT Michael Sata has called on Zambians to reflect on the sacrifices First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda and his compatriots made to gain Independence as the statesman turns 90 years. In his...