By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – FOR almost a decade now, residents of Mufulira district on the Copperbelt have been consuming meat products without knowing exactly, how or the state under which the animals are slaughtered. This...

By MILDRED KATONGO – KITWE is the second largest city in terms of size and population in Zambia. It is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation. Kitwe Central Hospital...

BY DELPHINE ZULU – A SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Chinese is facing trial after being arrested for unlawful possession of 346 logs of the endangered Mukula tree. Hu Lamei, a businesswoman of Kasupe area in Lusaka, was arrested...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Southern Water and Sewerage Company (SWASCO) has completed installing 2, 000 Automated Meter Recorders (AMRs) in Livingstone’s Dambwa and part of Zambezi Sawmills area. The project, which started in 2013,...

By NORMA SIAME – THE installation of Henry Kanyanta Sosala as Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people, will be held this month end, a royal establishment representative has said. Lubemba traditional council spokesperson...

By MARTIN MUSUNKA – THE traditional leadership of North Western Province is saddened that AIDS prevalence in the province has increased from 6.9 per cent to 7.2 per cent. The leaders said new cases of...

By Times Reporter – NORTH Western Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) coordinator Peter Kabaso says unknown people are vandalising and stealing materials meant for constructing bridges at two sites in Solwezi. The DMMU under...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – GOVERNMENT has commissioned a US $3.6 million solar project under the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) that is set to provide power to around 5,000  rural households in three districts. The World...

BY ADRIAN MWANZA – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has hailed Government efforts in fighting HIV/AIDS through increased access to Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT). Ms Lungu said the Ministry of Health and that of Community...

By CHARITY MOONGA – MORE than 800,000 people around the country have benefited from the Government’s Social Cash Transfer scheme, Vice-President Inonge Wina has said. Ms Wina said an additional 50,000 households will next month...