By CHUSA SICHONE – THE 2018-2030 National Population Policy (NPP) has projected Zambia’s population to hit 24 million, with a life expectancy increasing to 65 years in the next 12 years. Zambia’s population currently stands...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has shut down Lusaka’s Fairview Hospital for stocking and dispensing expired drugs and for using three unlicensed doctors, among other offences. Fairview Hospital has...

By DELPHINE ZULU – CHISHIMBA Kambwili facing multiple charges of corruption of more than K5 million suspected to be proceeds of crime is in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka after he collapsed at...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT has reiterated its commitment to fostering strong economic linkages in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji said regional integration in peace, industrial development and trade...

By JAMES KUNDA – SIGNIFICANT progress has been made towards the completion of the construction of two key toll plazas on the Copperbelt Province. The Levy Mwanawasa toll plaza on the Ndola-Kitwe dual carriageway is...

By CHUSA SICHONE – LABOUR and Social Security Minister Joyce Nonde-Simukoko has appealed to the public to report inspectors they see using Government vehicles for personal errands. The minister has also appealed to female workers...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – A LIVINGSTONE based clergyman has urged men of God to desist from inciting citizens to engage in acts of violence. Christian Life Harvest Church International founder and overseer Boston Simumba said...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has set provision of safe and clean drinking water particularly in rural areas as a priority to avert the risk of waterborne diseases, Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – ZAMBIA has informed the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) board meeting in Ethiopia that it has resolved to sponsor a resolution on cholera at the forthcoming World Health Organisation (WHO) Assembly...

By FRANCINA PHIRI – THE Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has condemned Chilenje First Level Hospital for denying an accident victim access to medical services before he could obtain a Police report. An unknown person who...