By JULIUS PHIRI – GOVERNMENT  is in the process of establishing auto mechanics centres in all the provincial headquarters in a programme to empower youths. Defence Deputy Minister Joseph Lungu said the programme was aimed...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) Livingstone branch has joined councils across Zambia who are calling for the dissolution of the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC). ZULAWU Livingstone chairperson...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – GENDER Minister Inonge Wina has called on stakeholders in the country to ensure that more women have access to  farming inputs  through the Farmer Input Support  Programme (FISP) to enhance productivity....

By ETAMBUYU SANG’ANDU
 – THE Kitwe High Court has put three men on their defence after they were found with a case to answer for aggravated robbery and brutal murder of a taxi driver whose...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A LUSAKA-BASED  Information Technology (IT) specialist has appeared in the Lusaka magistrates’ court on a charge of bigamy to which he pleaded not guilty. Sibanike Simuchembo Kaseele, 33, of house number...

By CHATULA KAMPO – THE United Nations (UN) has honoured two fallen Zambian peacekeepers with the Dag Hammarskjöld medal posthumously for their gallantly. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon awarded Major Alfred Richard Banda and...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA Prisons Service Commissioner  Percy Chato has said illiterate prisoners find it difficult to respond to rehabilitation programmes or delay to appreciate character building activities. Mr Chato said the prisons service...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – KITWE Mayor, Kelvin Sinyangwe has backed calls for the abolishment of the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) on grounds that the commission has not fulfilled the mandate for which it was...

By CHATULA KAMPO – A Ndola magistrate court has convicted a Ugandan and fined him K3,000 for unlawful stay in the country. Magistrate Moffat Phiri convicted Moses Sesanga, 35, upon his admission of guilt. The...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – MORE than 80,000 tree species have been planted in Choma District under the national tree planting project which was recently launched by Vice-President Guy Scott. Dr Scott, last year launched the...