By KASONDE KASONDE – MINISTRY of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa has said more than K30 million is required to combat the menace of armyworms that have ravaged close to 70,000 hectares of maize fields....

By PASSY HAACHIZO – A ZAMBIA National Information Services (ZANIS) employee has accused soldiers at the Zambia Defence Force and Staff College in Lusaka of harassing her for taking pictures with her friends near the...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA A COMBINED team of defence forces and council police yesterday swung into action to remove makeshift stalls from the sidewalks and corridors of Ndola’s central business district. The exercise which started around...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – THE Government has handed over one motor vehicle and 93 bicycles to facilitate the disbursement of the Social Cash Transfer by social welfare officers in Kabwe district in Central Province. Community...

By CHUSA SICHONE – HEALTH Minister Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that there are currently 400 children waiting to be evacuated abroad for specialist medical treatment. The children are awaiting evacuation for the treatment of cardiac,...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA has recorded a reduction by 50 per cent in new cholera cases, according to a trend analysis conducted in the last seven days. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has attributed the...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Government is this year expected to launch a scheme dubbed ‘Build and own’ to empower Zambians with affordable and conducive housing, Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela has said. Mr Chitotela...

By JULIUS PHIRI – THE Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD) has said the rainfall performance from October 1 to December, 31 last year has been  normal to above normal in most parts of the Country. Meteorological...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE German government is set to undertake infrastructure development projects at a cost of K90 million in Southern Province. This was disclosed yesterday when a team of engineers and staff from...

By CHUSA SICHONE – CHOLERA patients running away from treatment centres are on the verge of being prosecuted because they are a danger to themselves and society, the Ministry of Health has warned. Ministry of...