VSU records 5,464 GBV cases
MWAPE MWENYA, Lusaka VICTIM Support Unit (VSU) national coordinator Collins Hikalinda says the country has recorded a total of 5,464 cases of gender-based violence from January to March this year. Mr...
View ArticleCommuters association to spearhead GBV campaigns
LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka COMMUTERS Association of Zambia says it will soon launch a sensitisation campaign targeting bus drivers, conductors and call boys against gender-based violence (GBV). Association...
View ArticleHH ‘prays’ to ConCourt
CAROLINE KALOMBE, PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka INCERCERATED United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has turned to the High Court and Constitutional Court demanding...
View ArticleLungu pledges support to DRC
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu has pledged to support the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s electoral process to help it conduct peaceful elections later this year. President Lungu said he...
View ArticleState rescues 1,000 girls from early marriages
MWAPE MWENYA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has, since 2013, withdrawn over 1,000 girls from marriage and taken them back to school. Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Lawrence Sichalwe said in an...
View ArticleZanaco makes K300 million available for SMEs
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka ZANACO Plc has made available K300 million to small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) and other productive sectors of the economy, as a direct response to the reduction in the...
View ArticleZRA raises K10 billion
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has collected over K10 billion in various taxes in the first quarter of this year, representing over K140 million or 1.7 percent above its net...
View ArticleMentorship vital for girls – Mwakalombe
LINDA NYONDO, Chongwe LUSAKA Province Minister Japhen Mwakalombe says an 18-year-old grade eight who has threatened to commit suicide if she is not allowed to get married needs counselling. Mr...
View ArticleKampyongo takes gloves off against Kambwili
STAFF WRITERS, Lusaka, Mansa, Ndola PATRIOTIC Front (PF) national youth and security chairperson Stephen Kampyongo has advised former Roan member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili to stop fighting the...
View ArticleZambia, China sign 2 agreements to give hospital life
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka ZAMBIA and China yesterday signed two economic and technical agreements amounting to RMB450 million (about US$58 million) for the expansion of Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital and...
View Article60,000 smallholder farmers benefit from agricultural education
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka OVER 60,000 smallholder farmers in Southern Province have benefitted from agricultural education provided under the BASF Zambia Limited supported Lima Chuma initiative in the past...
View Article‘Health care has come close to our doorsteps’
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Livingstone IMAGINE a woman delivering at home because she could not manage to walk to the available health centre due to a long distance. Imagine, again, the plight of a mother who...
View ArticleMusenge happy with disciplinary committee
HONE SIAME, Lusaka PATRIOTIC Front (PF) member of the central committee and former Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge is happy with the cordial reception he was accorded by the disciplinary committee...
View ArticleLevy upgraded
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka LEVY Mwanawasa General Hospital has been upgraded into a teaching hospital following massive improvements that include enrolment of 3,000 medical students by the end of this year....
View ArticleUnder-20 in near tragedy
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka THE Zambia under-20 national team arrived to a thunderous welcome yesterday but the celebrations almost turned into a tragedy when an open FNB-branded bus that was ferrying the...
View ArticleNTE sector needs support to grow
Investment Forum with MARGARET CHIMANSE AMONG the core functions of the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) is the provision of evidence-based policy advice to the central government through the Ministry...
View ArticleCareful handling key to U-20 future – Quicksilver
STEPHEN PHIRI, Suwon, South Korea COACH Beston Chambeshi says a careful approach in charting the way forward for under-20 national team players will be key to building a strong base for the development...
View ArticleNew Mpulungu harbour building needs $50 million
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT is scouting for almost US$50 million to start the construction of a new harbour at Mpulungu Port on Lake Tanganyika after a feasibility study is concluded this month....
View ArticleZambia shining example
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka VISITING President of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina has commended Zambia for its political stability and has urged President Lungu to take a leading role in ensuring that...
View ArticleWoodlands mall construction to start soon
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka THE construction of the controversial US$20 million shopping mall in Woodlands will soon start following the approval by Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA). ZEMA will...
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