By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- TRADE between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the rest of the world grew from US$240 billion in 2011 to US$262 billion in 2012. According to a COMESA...

By JULIUS PHIRI- THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is targeting the participation of young people in the fight against corruption. Eastern Province ACC Regional Manager Raymond Banda said during the school clubs end of year review...

By CHUSA SICHONE in Mansa- PATRIOTIC Front Mansa Central Member of Parliament Chitalu Chilufya has accused some civil servants in his constituency of shunning field work in preference to operating from the comfort of their...

By YVONNE CHATE- YOUNG men in Ndola have found smoking marijuana fashionable, Ndola Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chisha has said. Mr Chisha said this on Thursday last week when he sentenced Brian Mulenga 28, of...

LAST week, I published a letter from Petersen Zagaze alias Mukubesa ?Mundia taking on journalists accusing them of not supporting the?entertainment industry.?The singer lamented the negative criticism from scribes, while suggesting that they will remain...

By BRIAN HATYOKA- THE Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) and Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders Initiative for Community Action on HIV/AIDS at Local Level (AMICAALL) have recommended that five per cent of the...

By MOFFAT  CHAZINGWA- THE Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) has assured of improved compliance levels within the engineering profession once the inspectorate wing is set up next year. EIZ vice-president for membership and continuous professional...

By ANDREW PHIRI- HOME Affairs Deputy Minister Stephen Kampyongo has urged the private sector to partner with Government to improve the conditions in various prisons across the country. Mr Kampyongo said the Prisons Service was...

By REBECCA  MUSHOTA- A SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD man of Mufulira has been axed to death by a suspected mentally ill man. Copperbelt Deputy Police chief Mukuka Chewe said Erico Mpenge, of Chiwele farming area in Mufulira died...

By CHILA NAMAIKO- GOVERNMENT has urged banks and other financial lending institutions to develop suitable financial products that will meet the needs of farmers and agro-processors. Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Luxon Kazabu said small...