By CHATULA KAMPO – GOVERNMENT will next month launch the construction of the 650 health posts countrywide, Ministry of Health spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe has said. Dr Mbewe said Exim Bank of India has cleared the...

By JULIUS PHIRI – THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Eastern Province has welcomed the decision by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to suspend the holding of by-elections in three constituencies. Provincial PF Chairperson Lameck...

 By CHATULA KAMPO –  GOVERNMENT has urged women who access empowerment funds to come up with innovative projects for them to expand and empower other women. Ndola District Commissioner Rebby Chanda said there was need...

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – LABOUR and Social Security deputy Minister Rayford Mbulu has said that child labour is more prevalent in the agriculture, construction and quarrying sectors in Zambia. Speaking when he officiated at the...

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...