- Graca calls for unity among women in Africa
Former South African First Lady Graca Machel – Mandela says women in Zambia should unite in their fight against financial seclusion by financial institutions. And First Lady Christine Kaseba says...
View Article– Samusungwa calls for quick disposal of petitions
A Lusaka resident has called on the Legal and Justice Sector Reforms Commission to enact a law that will compel the courts dispose of electoral petitions within twelve months. Mr. Geoffrey Samusungwa...
View ArticlePatriotic Front pledges to protect street vendors in Kasama.
The ruling Patriotic Front in Northern Province has pledged to protect street vendors in Kasama. Commenting on a statement issued by the Kasama Municipal Council through its town clerk, Maseka Njapau...
View ArticleLusaka Cop kills wife,shoots himself
A 40 year-old Police officer of Lusaka identified as Samuel Bwalya has committed suicide by shooting himself after shooting dead his 29 year-old wife Dee Chileshe. Police Spokesperson Charity...
View ArticleNAREP to apportions 50% of seats to women in 2016 polls
National Restoration Party (NAREP) says it will apportion fifty percent of all Parliamentary and Local government seats in the 2016 elections to Women. NAREP Leader Elias Chipimo says his party...
View ArticleCOP GUNS DOWN WIFE, KILLS SELF
A LUSAKA-based police officer has shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself at Kamanga Police Post in full view of colleagues and members of the public.The officer shot himself with an...
View ArticleWe’re on track to meet digital migration deadline – Katema
MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services Joseph Katema says Zambia is on course to meet the June 2015 deadline of switching from analogue to digital television broadcasting, which is an...
View ArticleState pays farmers K394,516 over pigs
GOVERNMENT has paid out K394,516 to 97 farmers whose pigs were slaughtered following an outbreak of the African swine fever (ASF) in some parts of Southern Province. And the farmers have thanked...
View ArticleChellah demands apology from Daily Nation
PRESIDENT Sata’s press aide George Chellah has demanded an apology within three working days from the Daily Nation newspaper over an alleged defamatory article the newspaper published against him. In a...
View ArticleGovt says African women haven’t benefited from economic growth
—-Minister of Finance, Alexander Chikwanda, says women in Africa have not benefitted from the economic growth the continent is experiencing. Mr Chikwanda, who is speaking when he officially opened the...
View ArticleGovt demolishes illegal houses in Chinika
A combined team of Lusaka City Council (LCC) Police and State Police conducted an operation last night in Chinika area and demolished 14 structures built on private land were following a court order....
View ArticleIdeaGender condemns the beating of Roma Girls head teacher by a male member...
LUSAKA- July 25, 2014- IdeaGender strongly condemns the violence perpetrated by the named male teacher against Roma Girls Secondary School head teacher. The act of violence, which was broadcast on...
View ArticleDisplaced Musele Chiefdom in north-western Zambia wants mining project halted
The Musele Chiefdom in north-western Zambia has demanded that agreements signed between the government and mining investors to set up mining operations in its chiefdom be immediately halted because...
View ArticleZambia has no capacity to legalize marijuana – DEC
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says the country does not have what it takes to legalize marijuana. Speaking at a media breakfast in Lusaka today, DEC National Coordinator Addressie Munene says...
View ArticleBotswana U-17 soccer coach accuses Zambia of age cheating
GABORONE, (Xinhua) — Botswana national under-17 soccer coach Odirile Matlhaku has accused Zambia of using over-aged players in a qualifier match for the 2015 Africa Youth Championship. Matlhaku told...
View ArticleAfrican women lagging behind in economic activity – Minister
African women continue to lag behind their male counterparts in economic activities due to a hostile operating environment that militates against females, Zambia’s Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda...
View Article4 nabbed over illegal chief installation
POLICE have arrested four people in Manyinga district for allegedly illegally installing a Luchazi chief in Senior Chief Sikufele’s area. The three, with other unknown people, were apprehended in the...
View ArticleNujoma salutes Zambia’s jubilee
FORMER Namibian President Sam Nujoma says Zambia’s golden jubilee is a landmark achievement for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African continent. And the Copperbelt...
View Article‘Loyalty must be to people, not individuals’
MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services Joseph Katema says media practitioners should always remember that they owe their loyalty to the truth and the Zambian people. Speaking at the launch...
View Article– Vibrant motor industry cardinal for economic development – Col. Kaunda
Government says a vibrant motor industry is cardinal in fostering social and economic development in the country. Transport, Works, Supply and Communication Deputy Minister Panji Kaunda says it was...
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