By CHILA NAMAIKO ELEVEN out of the 13 districts in Southern Province have been categorised as high prevalence areas of Lymphatic Filariasis also known as elephantiasis. This is a parasitic infection causing extreme swelling in...

By JULIUS PHIRI – CHINA State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has laid off 600 employees due to alleged lack of funding from Government for the K713 million Chipata-Chadiza-Chanida-Katete road works. CSCEC Site Manager Yimo Wang...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – THE Government will spend more than K24 million to improve water and sanitation in Serenje and Kapiri Mposhi districts of Central Province. Lukanga Water & Sewerage Company (LWsC) managing director Mushany...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – GOVERNMENT is strengthening the capacity for livestock disease surveillance, monitoring and control to help improve the country’s livestock production. Southern Province director of veterinary services Yona Sinkala said the support to...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Bill to end casualisation has been drafted and will be tabled in the next sitting of Parliament, Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda has said. Mr Shamenda said in...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) will this year increase production of ammonium nitrate fertiliser which will be used as an alternative top dresser, Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Greyford Monde...

By CHARITY MOONGA – MORE than 1,800 Zambian villagers in Chingola have taken mining giant Vedanta to court in the United Kingdom over toxic leaks. The London-listed mining giant has been polluting the drinking water...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI  – GOVERNMENT says it will rely on the long-standing partnership and support from organisations like the Boys Brigade in the successful implementation of youth programmes. Speaking during the Boys Brigade golden jubilee celebrations...

By ADRIAN MWANZA  – TWO Chiefs in Eastern Province have pledged to eradicate child marriages and other forms of gender based violence in their chiefdoms. Chief Nyamphande of Misolo village said the area had in...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – Chief Ndungu has said he will only comment on President Edgar Lungu’s call for Lundas and Luvales to reconcile their boundary disputes after the Likumbi Lya Mize ceremony next weekend when...