GOVERNMENT has released K2 million towards the renovation of Lukupa Leprosy Centre in Kasama which will be turned into a midwifery school. Northern Province Minister Freedom Sikazwe disclosed this when he inspected the centre in...

By MAYA NTANDA – THE mine unions and First Quantum Minerals Limited (FQML) have been summoned to Lusaka to meet with Government over the controversial collective agreement that has been disputed by some members of...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT is expected to establish a productivity centre at the end of the year to boost job creation. Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda said in an interview that Government...

GOVERNMENT has deployed 22 new nurses at Kasama General Hospital to beef up the staffing levels at the institution. Kasama General Hospital Medical Superintendent Elijah Mutoloki said the move had cushioned the shortage of medical...

By JULIUS PHIRI – COUNTERFEIT phones and accessories valued at K276, 926 have been confiscated by the Intellectual Property Unit in Chipata District. The unit which carried out operations on Saturday confiscated fake samsung phones,...

By GRACE CHAILE – EDUCATION, Science, Vocational Training and Early Childhood Education Minister John Phiri has said private colleges of education should not be created for personal gain but with key focus in changing the...

 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,...