By JULIUS PHIRI – GOVERNMENT has warned that it will blacklist agro dealers who are in the habit of exploiting small-scale farmers when selling inputs. Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo said yesterday that it...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE issuance of biometric National Registration Cards (NRCs) is gaining momentum as Government is set to start issuing the digitalized cards with a pilot production earmarked for Lusaka province in the...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund (PEIF) has covered five provinces, with more than 17,000 marketeers and vendors benefiting so far. PEIF national coordinator Clement Tembo also said that churches and chiefdoms...

By DELPHINE ZULU – FORMER Lands Permanent Secretary Inutu  Suba has applied for an order of injunction to restrain Mulungushi Village complex from forcibly ejecting her or locking her out of the complex until she...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE State has urged the Lusaka High Court to find Chilanga Member of Parliament Keith Mukata guilty of murdering his security guard on circumstantial evidence. The is a matter where Mukata,...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – MORE than 25,000 persons with albinism in Zambia are in need of sunscreen lotion because of the adverse effects of climate change, Albino Foundation of Zambia (AFZ) executive director John Chiti...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – CENTRAL Province Minister Sydney Mushanga has warned health workers in the region against conducting under-five clinics in filthy environments to avoid exposing children to diseases. Mr Mushanga expressed anger on health...

By STEVEN ZANDE – HEALTH Minister Chitalu Chilufya has said construction of the K170 million National Health Training Institute (NHTI), which is expected to be completed in March next year, will strengthen health personnel training...

By JAMES KUNDA – PLANS are underway by the Patriotic Front (PF) youths in Lusaka to establish a food processing plant in the Lusaka South Multi-facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) next year. Lusaka Province PF chairperson...

By SYLVESTER MWALE and RABECCA CHIPANTA – ARMY worm, the crop-eating caterpillars that wreaked havoc in farmers’ fields in different parts of the country last year, have been spotted in Mumbwa District in Central Province....