By CHARITY MOONGA- VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has urged the mining sector in Zambia to create more employment opportunities to absorb the ever-increasing job seekers. Dr Scott said there were huge numbers of people on the...

By CHUSA SICHONE- THE Government has released K18 million from the budgeted K20 million Youth Development Fund (YDF) for this year, with anticipation that the beneficiaries will create more jobs. Giving an update on the...

By KAIKO NAMUSA- PARLIAMENT has ordered Vice-President Guy Scott to deliver a statement to clarify President Michael Sata’s visit to Israel to help deal with unnecessary speculations on the matter. Deputy Speaker of the National...

•SCORES of on-lookers watch as fire brigade officers and police attempt to dig up the body of a woman buried alive in Kitwe yesterday. Picture by MOFFAT CHAZINGWA...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA- A THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD woman has tragically died together with her daughter, aged 18, after being buried alive in a trench where they were excavating  stones for crushing in Kitwe. The two women met...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA- ZAMBIA Railway Limited (ZRL) yesterday launched the first passenger service train to operate between Kapiri Mposhi and Nakonde. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga reaffirmed that the launch was in...

By CHARITY MOONGA- PRESIDENT Michael Sata has arrived in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv on a working holiday. Acting Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mwansa Kapeya said in a statement that Mr Sata was in Israel...

By DELPHINE ZULU- DEPUTY Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Japan in Zambia, Hideki Yamaji says the State visit of Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko will strengthen the already existing diplomatic ties...

By KAIKO NAMUSA- THE Treasury has released K1.47 billion to cater for operations, emoluments, debt service, as well as for various developmental programmes. Secretary to the Treasury, Fredson Yamba said that in line with Government’s...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA- A MINER has died in an underground accident at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) mine in Chililabombwe. Copperbelt Commissioner of Police, Joyce Kasosa confirmed the fatal accident which occurred in the early hours...