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  (ZANIS) Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary, Bright Nundwe has urged security wings in the region to put strict measures in border areas to eradicate smuggling of maize. Mr. Nundwe notes that there are many porous areas along the border facilitating smuggling of maize. ZANIS reports that Mr. Nundwe said this when a team from National […]

By Wilson Mulinda-The Patriotic Front -PF- Central Province Mobilisation Committee says it will support women and youth cooperatives in a bid to improve their livelihood. Central Province Mobilisation Committee Vice Chairperson Charity Kapona says President Edgar Lungu has always emphasised the need to empower women because they guarantee a productive future for the country. Ms. […]

By Katwishi Bwalya-Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says calm has returned on the roads following yesterday’s disturbances by some truck drivers on the Copperbelt. Mr. Kafwaya has since called on other drivers to move about freely, saying Police are patrolling to ensure smooth operations. And Mr. Kafwaya says truck owners are willing to dialogue […]

  By Ruth Chayinda-The United Nations Development Programme -UNDP- has developed a 1.7-million-dollar multi partner covid-19 fund dubbed ’empower resilient communities’ targeting small scale businesses. UNDP Resident Representative Lionel Laurens says 40 percent of the funds will target women to produce 1.6 million masks for vulnerable people. He said this during the official hand over […]

By Ruth Chayinda-First Lady Esther Lungu has encouraged the local private sector to take keen interest in the healthcare services of the nation. Mrs. Lungu was speaking when she received a donation of 1-hundred thousand pieces of children’s face masks, thermometers and school bags worth 1.5 million kwacha from Higer bus Zambia limited. The First […]

Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has reserved ruling on whether or not he will proceed to hear a bail application filed by National Democratic Congress -NDC- leader Chisimba Kambwili. Mr. Kambwili who was sentenced to 1-year imprisonment on each of the two counts and found guilty for forgery and uttering a false document, applied […]

By Patricia Banda-Pambashe Constituency Member of Parliament Ronald Chitotela has urged the people of Filenge ward in the area to turn up in large numbers and register as voters. Mr. Chitotela was speaking when he addressed residents of Kabombo at Kabombo primary school in Pambashe Constituency. Meanwhile, Mr. Chitotela who is also Tourism Minister said […]

  By Hector Simfukwe- President Edgar Lungu says village headmen and women are an integral part of government’s development agenda. The President says this is why he has asked his ministers not only to be engaging chiefs on issues of development but also the village headmen and women. The head of state says the PF […]

Zambia’s High Commissioner to Namibia Stella Libongani has advised Zambians intending to enter Namibia to notify the Mission in Lusaka in writing, 14 days prior to travel. Ms. Libongani states that Namibia has reopened selected points of entry including Katima Mulilo border post, effective 14th October 2020, but that entry into the country is still […]

  By Hector Simfukwe-President Edgar Lungu says the Patriotic Front will continue serving the interests of the poor. President Lungu says late President Michael Sata wanted the poor, especially those in villages, to have a voice, hence the formation of the PF. He says the PF has taken deliberate measures to ensure people in villages […]