By CHILA NAMAIKO- SOUTHERN Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe has urged traditional leaders to get involved in scaling up the fight against child marriages in the Zambia. Mr Munkombwe said child marriages had become a threat...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA- A FISHERMAN of Kapambwe Village in Chief Mushota’s area in Kawambwa District has drowned in Luena Stream hours after informing his relatives that he was sick. Sipiliano Kanchule, 68, was apparently sick...

By ANDREW PHIRI – ABOUT 1,000 prisoners will this year graduate in various trade skills across the country. Deputy Commissioner of Prisons in charge of corrections and extensions, Loyd Chilundika, said the service had embarked...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far constructed storage sheds with a total capacity of 101,000 tonnes out of the targeted 117,000 tonnes of grain for this year. FRA executive...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE fire at Penmarks Limited stationery shop in Lusaka, which broke out on Saturday, has continued raging. A check at Penmarks Limited premises on Cairo Road yesterday revealed firefighters from the...

By ANDREW PHIRI – THE Linvingstone Magistrate’s Court has found Zambezi FM disc jockey Danny Anakene with a case to answer over his corruption charge. This is a case in which Anakene, 39, of House...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA- POLICE in Kabwe have arrested a blind couple for allegedly stealing K15,000 meant for the Blind Skills Farmers’ Club in Serenje. The police identified the couple as Isaiah Mushota, aged 56, and...

By DELPHINE ZULU from CAIRO, EGYPT – ZAMBIA’s Golden Jubilee celebration is a milestone in the history of Africa because the nation has not experienced any turmoil since it obtained her independence, Zambia’s ambassador to...

By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – THE Ministry of Home Affairs has advised security firms to engage it in the screening of security guards during recruitment exercises to prevent high crime rate involving security guards. This follows...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE General Nursing Council (GNC) has ordered the police to immediately close the African Health Care Institute of Health Sciences and other private institutions offering courses in nursing assistants without its...