By ABIGAIL CHIYENI KITWE Mayor Christopher Kang’ombe has called on residents to take part in council activities in their localities for the development of the city. Mr Kang’ombe said citizens must reflect on transforming the...

By HOPE BWALYA THE Government has announced that by the end of July this year, Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) trains will be accessing Dar-es-Salaam through the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) rail network. Minister of...

By KAFULA MUTALE GOVERNMNET has secured 1,000 hectares of land in Misaka forest for 186 of the 418 households affected by the construction of the new International airport on the Copperbelt. Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Elias...

By KAFULA MUTALE – A THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD bus driver of Ndola’s Northrise township has been convicted of defiling a 12-year-old girl he had offered a lift. Dominic Chipango is believed to have defiled the minor on...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA – A SUSPECT in a matter in which three Patriotic Front (PF) officials are alleged to have assaulted former PF Ndola head of security Nedson Siluonde has suffered a mental illness, the...

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has engaged Copperbelt University’s Robert Makasa Campus in Muchinga Province to train unqualified people engaged to dispense drugs in shops and some drug stores. ZMRA...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati has urged commercial banks to come up with deliberate interventions to encourage women to access funds for their businesses. Mr Mutati said women wanted to grow their...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE General Nursing Council has upgraded Choma’s Macha School of Nursing to a Registered School of Nursing. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, who announced the upgrading of the institution at the weekend...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE State has asked the Constitutional Court to set aside a matter where United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema and five others have applied for constitutional bail pending...

By JANE MWANSA – ROAD traffic accidents have reduced from 10 to five people dying in road carnage per day, Transport Minister Brian Mushimba has said. Mr Mushimba, however, said the situation was still worrying...