By CHATULA KAMPO – THE Ndola Magistrates Court has ordered a 19-year-old boy of Lubuto Township in Ndola to undergo probation and counseling for trafficking in 7.5 grammes of marijuana. Magistrate Chitundu Chongo ordered the...

By MAYA NTANDA – GOVERNMENT has handed over the K17 million Mufuchani housing unit project to the beneficiaries. The project is aimed at enhancing the social -economic status of Kitwe. The houses and two churches...

By CLEVER ZULU – THE Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education has launched the Let’s Read Zambia campaign with a goal to create one million new readers by 2016. Education, Science, Vocational...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT will this year decentralise the issuance of licences for hospitality facilities, Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo has said. Ms Masebo said at a meeting with the Hotel and Catering...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT buildings need to be rehabilitated urgently in order to save on money which could be spent to construct new ones, Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga has said....

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A FORMER diplomat, Friday Nkamba has been warned against interfering with witnesses in a matter in which he is charged with engaging girls in prostitution. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old woman yesterday testified...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE go slow by lecturers at Mulungushi University in Kabwe yesterday entered day two forcing management to send back the distance education students who were in their second week of the...

By JULIUS PHIRI and HILDA MUSONDA – GOVERNMENT has terminated the K11 million contract awarded to Plinth Technical Works Limited of Lusaka for failure to carry out road works in Petauke District. Local Government and...

By ISAAC MUKANDO – MUFULIRA Municipal Council (MMC) in conjunction with Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) has closed more than 33 business houses for non adherence to health standards. The business houses which included...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has connected electricity to more than nine per cent of rural households countrywide, chief executive officer (CEO) Geoffrey Musonda has said. Mr Musonda said of the...