By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has warned of increased job losses due to the increasing load shedding currently being experienced in the country. ZACCI President Geoffrey...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Cotton Board of Zambia (CBZ) has warned three ginning companies in the country against purchasing cotton from farmers which they did not pre-finance. CBZ board secretary Dafulin Kaonga said the...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – IN THE last three years, the Zambia Prisons Service has proved to be a force to reckon with as a result of the massive developmental projects it has been undertaking which...

By JULIUS PHIRI – About 24,000 vulnerable people have benefited from the Government’s social cash transfer in Eastern Province since the inception of the programme in 2006. Community Development, Mother and Child Health acting provincial...

By DELPHINE ZULU – A 29-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Chawama Township has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his 12-year-old step-daughter. This was a matter where George Kamponge was facing...

By MILDRED KATONGO – Solwezi Municipal Council has embarked on a project to construct a mourning shelter and other support infrastructure at the newly-opened Kimiteto cemetery at more than K400,000. Council public relations officer Thandiwe...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA – ONE of the most widely accepted definitions of the term democracy was coined by the 16th president of the United States of America (USA) Abraham Lincoln and it goes like this:...

By MICHELO HIMAAMBO – DESPITE the agony of not having adequate learning materials, Chitulika Secondary School in Mpika has continued to record a reasonable pass rate. Teachers and pupils at the learning institution have had...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) in Sinazongwe District has handed over 62 new houses to families that were displaced by the construction of its water pipe from Lake Kariba. The affected families...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) in Sinazongwe District has handed over 62 new houses to families that were displaced by the construction of its water pipe from Lake Kariba. The affected families...