By MAYA NTANDA – ABOUT 400 small-scale miners have petitioned Government to allocate them three slug dumps in Mufulira to sustain their livelihood. In their petition, the miners commonly known as ‘jerabos’ have asked Government...

By CHILA NAMAIKO and YVONNE CHATE – A BARBER of Choma has been sentenced to four years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into several houses where he stole property worth more than K3, 000....

By YVONNE CHATE – GOVERNMENT has released K1, 350 000 towards the procurement of seven Kidney dialysis machines at Ndola Central Hospital. Copperbelt Provincial medical officer Consity Mwale said the procurement of the dialysis machines...

By JULIUS PHIRI – GOVERNMENT has urged local authorities in the country to revive the Keep Zambia Clean Campaign. Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister Nicholas Banda said yesterday that the local authorities such as...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is disappointed that the Ministry of Lands has failed to collect over K1 billion in unsettled ground rates countrywide. The Ministry of Lands has attributed the...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has backed President Edgar Lungu on his decision to realign the retirement age in three categories. Meanwhile, ZCTU has projected a further improvement in...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA Railways Limited (ZRL) plans to venture into fuel importation as a way of broadening its financial base. Chief executive officer Muyenga Atanga said ZRL had approached Government to give the...

By SAM PHIRI – FORMER Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Violet Sampa-Bredt has died. Rev Sampa-Bredt, who is also former Patriotic Front (PF) and Chawama Member of Parliament (MP), died on Sunday...

By FELIX  MALUNGA – THE Ndola City Council (NCC) says it has put in place some stringent measures to enhance transparency and curb alleged corruption in land administration in the city. NCC has promised to...

By JAMES KUNDA – ITEZHI-TEZHI District Agriculture Officer (DACO) Peter Chiwala has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour for abuse of authority of office. Meanwhile, Livingstone District Veterinary Officer Ernest Ndalama has...