By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – GOVERNMENT has approved the upgrading of Chimwemwe Urban Clinic to a mini-hospital to enable the institution provide enhanced healthcare services to the people. Copperbelt Minister, Mwenya Musenge confirmed the development and...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – TWENTY-SIX urban roads in Luanshya have been rehabilitated at a cost of K89 million since 2011. According to a report in the latest edition of Luanshya News, 26.78 kilometres of urban...

By JULIUS PHIRI – THE Ministry of Local Government and Housing has given 100 wheelie bins to Chipata Municipal Council for solid waste disposal. Chipata acting Town Clerk Mwape Katemwe said in Chipata yesterday that...

By ANDREW PHIRI – THE Non-Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) in Southern Province has described 2013 as a successful year in its campaigns against Gender Based Violence (GBV) as well as its advocacy on the...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka magistrate’s court has dismissed an application by three Bulgarian nationals who attempted to have their indictment quashed on grounds that it is defective. Chief resident magistrate Joshua Banda instead...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Kazungula District Council has stopped a Zambia Air Force officer, Hezron Gondwe, and his father James from developing six hectares of State land the duo allegedly obtained from Senior Chief...

By NORMA SIAME – THE Kasama High Court has discharged an extremist religious Mpika couple of murdering their 18-month-old baby on grounds of insanity. Osward Kayula, 40, and his wife, Maggie Chintakwa, 35, of Kasenga...

By MAYA NTANDA – TEN deaths were recorded in 2013 as a result of illegal mining activities at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) on the Copperbelt. KCM public relations manager Joy Sata said the 10 deaths...

By KENNDEDY MUPESENI – GOVERNMENT has urged women in the country to form and register clubs for them to have access to funding. Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma said at a rally...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Copperbelt Epidemics Prevention Committee has proposed that water utility companies should submit cost of water and sewerage services for new plots to councils before land allocations are conducted. The move...