By NORMA SIAME – GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in getting relief food to more than 1,000 people displaced by floods in Kaputa. The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has released 12 tonnes of maize, while...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – SANDVIK Mining and Construction company employees have been awarded a K540 salary increment across the board, taking the income for the least paid worker to K4,159.12 The increment follows the successful...

By CHATULA KAMPO – POLICE in Ndola are holding a 17-year-old boy for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old imbecile. The boy allegedly defiled the imbecile on Monday around 15:00 hours at her residence in Kawama Township....

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka magistrate’s court has set April 24 and May 6, as the new dates for mention in a case in which MMD president Nevers Mumba is charged with abuse of...

By JULIUS PHIRI  – SCHOOLS Promoting Learning Achievements through Sanitation and Hygiene (SPLASH) has said it is investing US$20 million in sanitation and hygiene to benefit 250,000 pupils in 616 primary schools in Eastern Province....

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Luapula Province administration has embarked on measures to tighten border security between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo said in an interview...

By CHATULA KAMPO – THE State has discontinued a case in which Ndola lawyer Gershom Mubanga is charged with fraud. When the matter came up for plea before Ndola Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chisha yesterday,...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – SONGS of praise to God and dancing characterised the candle light and thanksgiving service in  commemoration of Zambia’s Golden Jubilee celebration on Sunday night. Central Province  Minister Obvious Mwaliteta called on...

By KASONDE KASONDE – GOVERNMENT, through the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), has commissioned a non-intrusive fixed railway scanner in Kapiri Mposhi to increase cargo inspections and enhance revenue collection. ZRA Commissioner General Berlin Msiska said...

By DELPHINE ZULU – POLICE in Lusaka have arrested Jack Chipokola for allegedly assaulting former Zambia Army commander Nobby Simbeye’s daughter, Niza. Zambia Police spokesperson Charity Munganga-Chanda said Chipokola, who gave himself in, had been...