CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa
THREE Grade 10 pupils at Katuta Secondary School in Luwingu rescued from early marriages have advised parents against marrying off their children at a tender age. (more…)
LINDA NYONDO, Luwingu
OVER 10,000 vulnerable people have benefitted from the social cash transfer scheme in Luwingu.
District commissioner Patrick Chanda said in an interview that most households enrolled on the scheme are single-headed homes, while others are being supervised by people with disabilities. (more…)
LUBONA MWIMBE, Kitwe
LUWINGU district commissioner Patrick Chanda has warned that parents involved in marrying off their teenage girls will be made to cultivate huge portions of land belonging to traditional leaders as punishment.
MELODY MUPETA, Luwingu
LUWINGU district education board secretary (DEBS) Charity Lungu has implored non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in youth affairs to extend their activities to Northern Province to sensitise young girls on the dangers of indulging in premarital sex.
MONICA KAYOMBO, Luwingu
SIXTY percent of construction works have been done at the first ever Luwingu district filling station funded by Government at a cost of K4 million.
Astor Investment Limited site engineer Cai Chang Xing said in an interview that the
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Luwingu
THE demand for male circumcision services in Luwingu district in Northern Province has increased, with the District Health Management Team (DHMT) circumcising 5,000 men from various chiefdoms this year alone.
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka
THE Ministry of Health has advised provincial authorities in Luapula to extend the fishing ban and to suspend classes in schools to enable health personnel to combat cholera, which has broken out in some parts of Chienge and Luwingu.
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MONICA KAYOMBO, Luwingu
THE contractor Government has engaged to build a filling station in Luwingu district in Northern Province has moved on site.
Luwingu district commissioner Patrick Chanda said in an interview that (more…)