By MILDRED KATONGO – GOVERNMENT has deployed more than 500 agriculture extension officers countrywide in order to ensure that small-scales farmers are availed with information on farming activities. Agriculture and Livestock Minister Given Lubinda said...

By HELEN ZULU  – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has called for more women participation in the mining sector in the country. Ms Lungu said there was need for more women participation in the mining sector...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A CHIBOMBO peasant farmer has been sentenced to death by the Lusaka High Court for killing his two children. Julius Mucheki caused the death of Julius Mucheki Junior and Erika Mucheki...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has revised the process of appointing directors to serve on boards of all parastatal companies, Parliament has heard. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said parastatal boards were no longer chaired by...

By NORMA SIAME – MANSA Municipal Council has destroyed perishable goods worth more than K60,000 belonging to Shoprite. The food, which was declared unfit for human consumption, had gone bad after the generator used to...

By YVONNE CHATE – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) in Luanshya on the Copperbelt has suspended its Baluba ward councillor Gershom Mpundu for gross misconduct. PF Copperbelt provincial chairperson Amon Chisenga and Roan Constituency chairperson Albert Matatiwo...

By ANDREW PHIRI – GOVERNMENT has said having a strong human capital base and embracing the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is cardinal for economic growth. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga...

By MILDRED KATONGO – COPPERBELT Province will this year hold the first-ever women economic expo in Ndola to help promote women in small-scale businesses in the province. Ministry of Gender and Child Development provincial coordinator...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has paid out K16.9 million to settle 167 retirees out of 453 former employees who are owed terminal benefits by the institution. Town Clerk Alex Mwansa...

By MARTIN MUSUNKA – Technical assessments have confirmed Kansanshi Mine’s long-term future by the measurement and indication of 840 million tonnes worth of mineral resources, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has indicated. FQM president of the...