The Human Rights Commission says it is still closely following up the case of a 14-year old girl of Shantumbu area who was gang raped by three men and later died earlier this year. The girl of Shantumbu area in Kafue district was in February this year gang raped by three known men of the same area who in the ...

Zambian Breweries has announced a US$80 million package of capital investment which will see its beer production capacity double at its Lusaka plant over the next 18 months. The investment, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023, is expected to create more direct and indirect jobs, expand the country’s agriculture out-grower schemes, offer further procurement opportunities for local ...

Government has reassured the nation that Zambia remains food secure despite the reduced harvest during the 2021/2022 farming season. In a statement on the national food security, Minister of Information and Media and Chief Government Spokesperson Chushia Kasanda says the country is food secure beyond the next harvest. Ms Kasanda says of the total available maize stock of 4,209.675 metric ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has tasked the newly sworn-in Police public complaints commission chairperson to expeditiously address public complaints against the police service. President Hichilema says his administration is enthusiastic about restoring citizens confidence in the Zambia police service based on professional conduct of the police in offering service and policing the public. He has also tasked the human rights commission ...

By David Bweupe Professor of Physiology and Cardiovascular Faston Goma has stressed the need for better collaboration between Scientists and Journalists in Africa to foster the growth and effectiveness of Science Journalism. Making a presentation on behalf of the Zambia Media Network Against Tobacco (ZAMNAT) during a webinar dubbed: Covid-19: Strategic Media Engagement for Public Understanding of scientific Research, Professor ...

Governance and political activist Mark Simuuwe says it is not right to assume that UPND alliance partner Kelvin Bwalya Fube is frustrated by the UPND administration hence announcing that he will be launching a political party of his own come august this year. Recently Mr. Fube announced through a Facebook post that he will be launching the Zambia Must Prosper ...

Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Charles Milupi has said Zambia will become unrecognizable in the next ten years under the UPND alliance government. Mr. Milupi however says it is not the preoccupation of the new dawn administration to focus on getting re-elected in 2026 but to deliver according to the expectation of the Zambian people who will decide ...

Ruling United Party for National Development Namwala member of parliament Moono Mapani has boasted that the UPND has fulfilled some of its campaign promises in the first 10 months of its tenure of office since it won the august 12 elections last year. Mr. Mapani has cited the recent distribution of the constituency development fund-CDF, and freedom of speech among ...

Sampa Bwalya – YCMO PRO Youth Changing Mindset Organisation Public Relations Officer Sampa Bwalya has observed with concern the lack of sporting equipment in most public and community schools on the Copperbelt. Bwalya says sports play a critical role in spearheading positive change in various sectors of everyday life but it is being hindered by the lack of equipment like ...

98 orphans and vulnerable children from the Home of Happiness Orphanage in Lusaka’s Meanwood area have benefited from a donation of assorted items worth over K80, 000 by Sino Hydro Zambia Limited Kafue Gorge Lower. The donated items bales of children mixed clothes, 40 by 25kg bags of mealie meal, 40 by 2 liters of cooking, four cases of 2kg ...