By JAMES KUNDA – THE Government will this year recruit 114 fisheries extension officers countrywide to implement projects to boost fish production by local farmers. Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Greyford Monde said in an...

By MOPFFAT CHAZINGWA – PRIVATE schools in Kalulushi on the Copperbelt have been given a 21-day ultimatum to improve sanitary conditions failure to which they will be closed down. Kalulushi Municipal Council (KCM) gave the...

By STANSLOUS NGOSA – THE Government has commissioned a multi-million dollar facility at Saint Paul’s Mission Hospital in Nchelenge, Luapula Province, for the health facility to improve healthcare projects. The project involves a solar panel...

By CHUSA SICHONE – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has said that the load-shedding that the country is currently experiencing is part of the effects of Climate Change. Speaking when visiting French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy...

By SAM PHIRI – VISITING French Minister of Energy, Segolene Royale has urged Zambia and other African states to encourage the use of renewable energy as a measure to combat the devastating effects of climate...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has expressed concern over the quarrying activities closer to roads because this destroys and causes damage to road infrastructure. RDA Board chairperson?, Samuel Mukupa has since...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport which is being relocated to another site in Ndola will be built by AVIC International of China. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga,...

By CHUSA SICHONE – COMMUNITY Development, Mother and Child Health Minister Emerine Kabanshi says more than 400 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have registered under the 2009 NGO Act. Ms Kabanshi also said the Government had engaged...

By DELPHINE ZULU – LOCAL Government Service Commission chairperson Christa Kalulu yesterday pleaded not guilty in court over allegations of abuse of authority in 2011. Ms Kalulu is accused of failing to comply with applicable...

By NORMA SIAME  – A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD school boy has died in Mansa in Luapula Province after being buried alive, while excavating sand for use in a school project. The boy died when the pit he...