By KAIKO NAMUSA – THE Ministry of Health has condemned the use of traditional medicine to induce labour. The ministry said the practice had continued to claim lives of many expectant mothers and was a...

A THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Mkushi  Bricklayer  who  assaulted  and  defiled  a  12-year-old  girl  has  been sentenced  to  20 years  imprisonment with hard labour. Lusaka based High Court Judge Chalwe Mchenga, sitting in Kabwe, also sentenced  two  men ...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – FORMER Zambia Army commander Wisdom Lopa’s mother Margarete Mwansa Lopa, 84, has died.   The late Ms Lopa died at Maina Soko military hospital after an illness and will be buried...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – A FOURTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Chinese contractor has been arrested for assaulting one of his workers in Mwense. Dong Mians, a supervisor at Zheng Tai Company of Mwense, was arrested on Saturday for assaulting...

By DELPHINE ZULU  – POLICE in Lusaka have launched a hunt for a man who stabbed his pregnant wife to death and later bolted. Police spokesperson Charity Munganga said police officers had been deployed and...

By MAYA NTANDA – THE construction of a K2 million two-storey Library at Zambia Forest College (ZFC) in Kitwe has started, with Government pledging commitment to supporting the growth of the institution. Ministry of Lands,...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Howard Sikwela has said the negative work attitude by some senior provincial civil servants is worsening the financial challenges that Government is facing in effective service delivery to...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – African swine fever has continued to cause havoc in North-Western Province with the disease now spreading to other districts in the province. The swine fever, which was first detected in Kasempa...

By MAYA NTANDA – A KITWE magistrate’s court has sentenced a 37-year-old woman to two years simple imprisonment for child concealing and dumping the body in the crocodile infested Kafue River. Magistrate Maxwell Mainsa sentenced...

By MAYA NTANDA – GOVERNMENT has said local contractors’ participation in the construction industry is cardinal for the country to develop. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga said President Michael Sata had embarked...