By DELPHINE ZULU – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has called on stakeholders to come up with new initiatives that will help remove obstacles preventing women from living more healthy lives. Ms Lungu said there was...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – AFRICA is poised to hit the world fashion headlines for the third consecutive year, during what is being referred to as the Africa Fashion Reception. This event being described as Africa’s...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved US$168 million for eight projects and programmes in developing countries for climate change mitigation and adaptation. According to a press statement released in...

By MELBOURNE MUSHITU – THE National Aids Council (NAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Community Based Organisations (CBOs) aimed at scaling up the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Zambia....

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A BUSINESS executive has appeared in the Lusaka magistrate court for allegedly swindling 10 people out of their hard earned cash by promising to offer them employment as general workers in...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Tourism Council of Zambia (TCZ) has saluted the plans by the Government to reintroduce a national airline next year. TCZ chairperson Alexander Mutali said the reintroduction of the national airline...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – ZANACO has urged Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) to take advantage of its favourable financial schemes to tap capital for expansion of businesses. Zanaco Choma branch manager Obert Siachifuwe said the...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – THE Media Network on Child Rights and Development (MNCRD) has called for the empowerment of girls to safeguard their future. MNCRD programmes manager Prisca Sikana said that there was need to...

By KASONDE KASONDE – A FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD woman of Chinsali District who was facing 17 years imprisonment for indecent assault on a child has had her charge changed to defilement and her sentence increased to 25...

A PATRIOTIC Front (PF) official in Mwense of  Luapula  Province has appealed to the girl-child and parents to refrain from abusing the education re-entry policy. District party secretary Besa Kafwimbi said most girls are taking...