MORE than 47,000 farmers in Mumbwa District have embraced conservation farming methods which were introduced in Zambia a few years ago. Conservation Farming Unit manager Alex Nakachinda, who is in charge of the western region,...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE Government will soon degazette the Ndola forest to pave way for the construction of an industrial park and residential area. Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Christabel Ngimbu...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – THE latest Auditor General’s report has revealed that the K3, 732, 208, 920, 368 Eurobond which Government issued in 2012, has been under utilised and in some instances diverted. The Development...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Kasama has arrested a Provincial Youth Development Coordinator for failure to declare interest in a matter where he recommended  funding to Parloz Beauty Parlour, a business...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – CENTRAL Province Minister Davies Chisopa has said Government will speed up construction of public infrastructure in newly created districts in order to benefit citizens. The minister has also threatened that civil...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – A KITWE Police officer and two taxi drivers arrested for a spate of aggravated robberies have appeared in court. Billy Mfula, 24, a policeman of house number A136, Kitwe East police...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has said splitting Zesco into three specialised institutions which are generation, transmission and distribution, will accelerate rural electrification. REA chief executive officer Kelvin Musonda said unbundling...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – A SEVETEEN-YEAR-OLD girl clad in a nurse’s uniform has gone on rampage in Kabwe, swindling people  of their hard earned cash on the pretext that she is recruiting  people to work...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – SEVEN security guards have dragged Armcor Security Company Limited to court demanding to be paid their eight months salary arrears. The seven, most of them operating in Lusaka, want the Lusaka...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE Copperbelt University (CBU) and Optiquest Corporation have signed a $150 million infrastructure development concession agreement which will see construction of students’ hostels with 4,000 bed spaces. This follows the successful...