By KAFULA MUTALE – A THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD bus driver of Ndola’s Northrise township has been convicted of defiling a 12-year-old girl he had offered a lift. Dominic Chipango is believed to have defiled the minor on...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA – A SUSPECT in a matter in which three Patriotic Front (PF) officials are alleged to have assaulted former PF Ndola head of security Nedson Siluonde has suffered a mental illness, the...

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has engaged Copperbelt University’s Robert Makasa Campus in Muchinga Province to train unqualified people engaged to dispense drugs in shops and some drug stores. ZMRA...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati has urged commercial banks to come up with deliberate interventions to encourage women to access funds for their businesses. Mr Mutati said women wanted to grow their...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE General Nursing Council has upgraded Choma’s Macha School of Nursing to a Registered School of Nursing. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, who announced the upgrading of the institution at the weekend...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE State has asked the Constitutional Court to set aside a matter where United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema and five others have applied for constitutional bail pending...

By JANE MWANSA – ROAD traffic accidents have reduced from 10 to five people dying in road carnage per day, Transport Minister Brian Mushimba has said. Mr Mushimba, however, said the situation was still worrying...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) is planning to introduce online license processing to simplify its licensing procedures, ERB Southern Region engineer for fossil fuels Mweshi Kauti has said. ERB was established...

By CLAVER MUTINTA in Kalumbila  – FIRST Quantum’s Kalumbula Minerals Limited general manager Morris Rowe says it is cardinal to invest in the education sector and encourage young people to take education seriously. Speaking during...

By CHUSA SICHONE – TWO thousand motorists accessing the Shimabala, Katuba and Mumbwa toll plazas will enjoy up to 75 per cent discount for 30 days whenever they access those facilities, the National Road Fund...