By CHARITY MOONGA –  ZESCO Limited has said it is working with the World Bank to electrify 65,000 households throughout the country by 2018.  In a submission to a Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs, acting...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata will soon launch a national youth employment strategy aimed at mitigating youth unemployment in Zambia, Youth and Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili has announced. Mr Kambwili said the document...

 By CHILA NAMAIKO –  POLICE in Choma have instituted investigations into an incest case involving a 13-year-old girl of Chief Singani’s area, who was been impregnated by her 17-year-old uncle.  The named girl was rescued...

 By REBECCA MUSHOTA – TWO men of Milenge District have been arrested for indecently assaulting two seven-year-old girls.  Luapula Province police chief Malcolm Mulenga said the two men Kananda Bwale, 52, and Luka Mulenga, 38,...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – WORLD Vision Zambia (WVZ) has said it will support Government efforts to increase school infrastructure particularly in rural areas where children cover long distances to access education. WVZ board chairperson, Mumba...

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA –  POLICE are looking for a woman of Chawama Township in Lusaka for illegally producing counterfeit soft drinks branded “Tasty” in the backyard of her house.  The woman, Charlotte Twiti bolted after...

By CHATULA KAMPO – GOVERNMENT will next month launch the construction of the 650 health posts countrywide, Ministry of Health spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe has said. Dr Mbewe said Exim Bank of India has cleared the...

By JULIUS PHIRI – THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Eastern Province has welcomed the decision by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to suspend the holding of by-elections in three constituencies. Provincial PF Chairperson Lameck...

 By CHATULA KAMPO –  GOVERNMENT has urged women who access empowerment funds to come up with innovative projects for them to expand and empower other women. Ndola District Commissioner Rebby Chanda said there was need...

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – LABOUR and Social Security deputy Minister Rayford Mbulu has said that child labour is more prevalent in the agriculture, construction and quarrying sectors in Zambia. Speaking when he officiated at the...