Mafinga post office nears completion
MELODY MUPETA, Mafinga WORKS on the construction of a post office at a cost of K2 million in Mafinga district in Muchinga Province have advanced. The post office,which is being built by Power Surge...
View ArticleLusaka council in solar power partnership
ISAAC PHIRI, KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka SOLARQUEST Limited has partnered with Schneider Electric and the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to pilot solar-powered street lights that are expected to help reduce...
View ArticleK300,000 offered for arrest of saboteurs
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka THE reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of people vandalising public installations such as Zesco pylons has been raised from K100,000 to K300,000. And a...
View ArticleLearn from conflicts
DORIS KASOTE, Addis Ababa PRESIDENT Lungu says there is need to learn from countries that have experienced conflicts on the continent. He has also said that African democracy is incomparable to that...
View ArticleChasefu MP pledges safe drinking water
MAYENGO NYIRENDA, Lundazi CHASEFU member of parliament (MP) Gerald Zimba has assured people in his constituency of Government’s commitment towards the provision of safe and clean drinking water in the...
View ArticlePupil dies at Vic Falls
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Livingstone A GRADE 11 pupil of Zimba Secondary School has died at the Victoria Falls after being swept away by heavy water current. The pupil met his fate around midday on Monday....
View ArticleMy husband’s sexual appetite is abnormal
Can we help? with PASTOR & MRS BANDA DEAR Raphael and Namukolo, With reference to the answer you gave DD in the Zambia Daily Mail of June 21, my husband has the opposite problem. He does use sex...
View ArticleZambia seek to dim Taifa Stars
ROBINSON KUNDA, Rustenburg, South Africa ZAMBIA’s quest for a record fifth Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup today faces a hurdle when they face Tanzania in...
View ArticleAU approves Zambia democracy
DORIS KASOTE, Addis Ababa THE African Union (AU) election observer mission has declared last year’s general elections in Zambia as free and fair and has commended the country for upholding democratic...
View ArticleUPND cheer burning of market
KELVIN CHONGO and CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka A UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) advisor has applauded the burning of Lusaka City Market by his “friends” and has called for more of such acts of...
View ArticleWe will get them
DORIS KASOTE, Addis Ababa and STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu is saddened by the gutting of Lusaka City Market and has pledged to thoroughly deal with the culprits. He also hopes that the...
View ArticleCorrectional service to mechanise farm irrigation system
NKWETO MFULA, Ndola THE Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) plans to set up over 20 centre pivots to mechanise irrigation systems at its farms in four districts. This is aimed to improve cash crop...
View ArticleTake advantage of chicken import ban, farmers urged
HOPE NYOKA, Chipata EASTERN Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI) has called on poultry farmers to take advantage of the local market following the ban on importation of chickens from South...
View ArticleZambeef to increase organic compost use
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka ZAMBEEF Products aims to increase the use of organic compost in its crop division to lessen dependence on in-organic fertilisers through pioneering a composting project. The...
View ArticleAfrexim Bank, Dangote sign $1bn deal
KALONDE NYATI, Kigali, Rwanda THE African Export-Import (Afrexim) Bank has signed a US$1 billion financing facility with African conglomerate Dangote Industries Limited to help the group expand its...
View Article51,000 desks on cards for pupils
NANCY SIAME, Parliament MINISTER of General Education Dennis Wanchinga told Parliament yesterday that government will spend K54 million on procuring 51,800 school desks and 6,300 mobile laboratories....
View ArticleJust-in final
ROBINSON KUNDA, Moruleng Stadium Rustenburg, South Africa ZAMBIA 4 TANZANIA 2 ZAMBIA yesterday played with passion and promise of potential champions when they thrashed Tanzania in the Council of...
View Article$144 million released for debt
HONE SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has this year spent US$144 million on servicing the external debt which currently stands at US$7.2 billion. And Government has come up with a medium-term debt strategy...
View Article‘Traders won’t be swayed’
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe THE Association of Vendors and Marketeers (AVMA) says no amount of intimidation or acts of sabotage on market infrastructure will deter it from supporting the government of the...
View ArticleNow police offer K500,000
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka THE bounty for anyone with information leading to the arrest of people behind the recent spate of fires on public infrastructure has increased from K300,000 to K500,000. In a...
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