By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Zambia-Chinese Association has established an Emergency Medical Assistance Team with the Chinese government pledging to support the expansion of existing infrastructure at the Levy Mwanawasa Hospital in Lusaka. The team...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – THE Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has written to the Catholic Church to preach peace ahead of the general elections. In a letter read On Sunday during a church service...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THREE people died in a road traffic accident on the road leading to Makeni in Lusaka yesterday. The deceased were identified as Dominic Moomba Cheeba, 35, of Makeni, an unidentified driver...

By JAJAH COULIBALY – THE Bank of Zambia and its collaborating partners have developed various initiatives under its National Strategy on Financial Education to provide people with the appropriate capacity to make informed financial decisions....

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has urged politicians not to politicise the referendum and the contents of the proposed Bill of Rights. FODEP Copperbelt provincial chairperson Mike Mushanga said politicians...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI THE extractive industry’s contribution to the Treasury increased to K9.95 billion in 2014 from K8.21 billion the previous year in 2013. This is according to the seventh Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Honey Council (ZHC) has called on Government to consider putting in place policies that will protect beekeepers in the country from being exploited. ZHC chairperson, Samuel Banda said that...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Government is reviewing the Zambia Institute of Marketing (ZIM) Act to include provisions that will strengthen its enforcement. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said this at a ZIM...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) will hold a conference in September to look at how the mining industry can play a major role in designing a workable diversification model for...

BIOSAFETY is essential in the sustainable management of the environment especially that Zambia is part of the global village and is affected by various factors. Given the poor state of knowledge on biosafety, Genetically Modified...