The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in partnership with the European Union is implementing the Support towards operationalization of the SADC Region Agricultural Policy (STOSAR)project aimed at strengthening plant health in Zambia. FAO Country Representative Suzzy Fillipine says the project will help to prevent and reduce the invasion of plant diseases. Ms Filipine notes that […]

By Staff Writer The Patriotic Front (PF) have charged that the United Party for National Development (UPND) are buying time by rejecting nominations for Kwacha and Kabushi seats on the Copperbelt. Party presidential aspirant Brian Mundubile said after Kwacha PF aspirant Joseph Malanji’s nomination was rejected that the law is clear in that their preferred […]

By MAIMBO MWEEMBAChingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga has encouraged the affected residents in Kasompe Airstrip area to name and shame the illegal land allocators. Speaking when visited the affected residents, Mr Chipoka also told the residents to present the documentation they were given by the allocators. Mr Chipoka said he will do what […]

By CLOZZEN BIKALEMushindamo Town Council has granted 66 local cooperatives with certificates as conformational grant payments under Community Development Funds – CDF for the first quarter of 2022. The local authority has disbursed four hundred seventy five thousand Kwacha to 66 cooperatives selected in the first quarter of CDF allocation. Solwezi East Member of Parliament, Dr […]

By Mercy Chewe United Party for National Development (UPND) member and Copperbelt-based business executive Mellbin Muyoba Simangolwa has pledged to support the re-adopted UPND candidate in the Kabushi Parliamentary by election Bernard Kanengo. Mr Simangolwa applied to contest the Kabushi Seat on the UPND ticket but missed out on adoption. The UPND on Wednesday announced […]

A Tanzanian government employee has been sacked for opposing the introduction of charges for mobile money transfers on social media. Jonas Afumwisye, a regional manager for Tanzania Railways Corporation, confirmed that he has received a dismissal letter and would appeal to the Public Service Commission, the Citizen newspaper reports. The letter stated that he had […]

By Ireen MulengaFormer Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo has commended the Chingola Municipal Council for demolishing the houses that were belt along Kasompe air strip in Chingola. The Former Mayor said that from the time he was in the office, the Municipality warned the people several times not to build houses along the air strip but […]

By Staff WriterMbwana Mkumbwa Member of Parliament Warren Mwabazi has assured marketers at Mackenzie that he will soon construct a standard market in the area. Mr Mwambazi said he wants to ensure that marketers in his constituency trade in a conducive environment. He said that he has engaged a contractor who will soon be on […]

Inspector General Lemmy Kajoba has disclosed that Police will next week summon certain individuals to help with investigations into the gassing incidents. Mr Kajoba said criminals behind the gassing incidents will soon be brought to book, stating that they have to account for their actions. A few years ago, the country experienced a wave of attacks on […]

By Staff Writer Former Republican President Edgar Lungu has announced retirement from active politics as he wants to concentrate on the charity works of the Edgar Lungu Foundation. Dr Lungu said that Zambians should understand that he is no longer interested in politics and will not participate in any political activities in the country. The […]