By CHILA NAMAIKO –  NEWLY-APPOINTED Southern Province Permanent Secretary, Margaret Miyoba, has called on civil servants to work diligently in implementing various projects contained in this year’s national Budget. Ms Miyoba, who is former ministry...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – POLICE have arrested a pharmacist at Mazabuka District Hospital for theft by public servant for allegedly stealing 4 x 500 tins of assorted sealed drugs worth over K320.00. Southern Province Police...

By KASONDE KASONDE – GOVERNMENT has set aside K58 million for the rehabilitation and construction of dip tanks across the country. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Permanent Secretary David Shamulenga said the Government wanted to...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – ZAMBIA’s Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo and her Zimbabwean counterpart Walter Mzembi are expected to hold a high level meeting with United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General Taleb...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – GOVERNMENT through the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) is facilitating the setting up of a processing plant for copper and related industries in Mufulira district, Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Stanford Msichili has said....

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE commissioning of the US$2 billion Sentinel Mine in Solwezi is set for June 2014, First Quantum Mine (FQM) Government affairs manager John Gladston has said. According to a Press statement...

By KASONDE KASONDE and MAYA NTANDA – A MORTUARY attendant and a nurse at Liteta Hospital accused of looting from the Chibombo accident involving a Zampost bus and a truck in which more than 50...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Patriotic Front (PF) Government has created more than 1,000 jobs countrywide from the K23 million Youth Development Fund (YDF) disbursed to 700 youth groups and associations in the last two...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA and MAYA NTANDA – INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Poniso Njeulu says he is encouraged by the improved news content and circulation of the Times of Zambia. Mr Njeulu said when...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) is owed over K183 million by different institutions and individuals, assistant public relations manager Brenda Katongola has disclosed. The council has since warned of legal action...