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By ETAMBUYU SANG’ANDU- SENIOR Chief Kasempa of the Kaonde-speaking people in North-Western Province has urged parents in his chiefdom to desist from forcing girls into early marriages. Chief Kasempa said the practice is detrimental to...

By JULIUS PHIRI- THE Prisons Service has cultivated more than 400 hectares of land in Eastern Province. Provincial Prisons Deputy Commandant Moses Tembo told High Court Judge Mungeni Mulenga during the official opening of the...

By ANDREW PHIRI- CIVIL servants in Zambia have been urged to change their work culture and focus on enhancing productivity in the economy. Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) general secretary Joy...

By SARAH TEMBO and NAKUBIANA SHABONGO- MORE than 70,000 maternal deaths are recorded among adolescents in Zambia annually, statistics have revealed. Girls below 15 years are five times more likely to die in childbirth than...

By GETHSEMANE MWIZABI- SIXTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD British explorer and elephant welfare activist David Lemon has arrived back in the country to resume his ambitious trek from Siavonga into Mozambique up to the Indian Ocean. Mr Lemon arrived...

By ETAMBUYU SANG’ANDU- THE Kitwe High Court has convicted two men for snatching a motor vehicle and stabbing the owner with a sharp instrument. High Court Judge Isaac Kamwendo convicted Morgan Banda and William Subakanya...

A POOR credit culture is what characterises the Zambian society. This means that many people find it very hard to pay their debts. There is a high impetus to borrow or people literally live on...

THE issue of public debt is becoming more important in Zambia but the answer to the question of whether to borrow or not has remained the matter of balancing. There is always need to weigh...

DURING the solemn commemorations to mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, Ban Ki- Moon said, “Never again should the Rwandans let genocide tear their nation apart.” I actually write to say the...