Octogenarian woman stuck in UTH
LOGIC LUKWANDA Lusaka A WOMAN in her 80s has been stranded at the University Teaching Hospitals (UTH) in Lusaka since February 19 after being taken ill to the facility by…
What a game it was, says President Hichilema
MULWANDA LUPIYA, NDINAWE SIMPELWE Lusaka, Ndola ‘‘WHAT a game it was,” President Hakainde Hichilema said after watching the Copper Queens overcome Ghana and advance to the final round of the…
Drought disaster
KABANDA CHULU Lusaka WITH over one million hectares of planted crops expected to be destroyed this farming season, President Hakainde Hichilema yesterday declared the continued dry spells an emergency and…
Reflecting on UN International Mother Language Day
- Celebration of International Mother Language Day goes back to 1948 Gosnell Yorke THE United Nations (UN) International Mother Language Day is celebrated on February 21 every year. The theme…
Enterprise targets 20,000mt
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA Solwezi FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) Trident Limited is ramping up production of nickel at its Enterprise Mine in Kalumbila as it targets to produce between 10,000 to 20,000…
Table tennis, badminton envoys confident
MULWANDA LUPIYA Lusaka WITH table tennis and badminton envoys expected to leave for the Ghana All-Africa Games today, coaches from the two sports disciplines are bubbling with confidence of winning…
Luanshya Council disburses K5 million
MARY LEMBA, JOHN CHAAMBWA Ndola, Chinsali LUANSHYA Municipal Council has disbursed over K5 million as grants and loans to over 130 groups in Roan under the 2024 Constituency Development Fund…
54 COVID cases recorded at Kapiri Girls
The number of pupils testing positive for COVID-19 at Kapiri Girls National Technical School has continued to rise since the outbreak of the disease at the institution on Saturday. As…
State to work with private sector to promote sports tourism
ROBINSON KUNDA Lusaka GOVERNMENT wants to work closely with the private sector in promoting sports tourism in the country. Minister of Tourism Rodney Sikumba said the private sector such as…
Mechanisation strategy targets 10m MT of maize
KABANDA CHULU Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has launched the national agricultural mechanisation strategy whose overall objective is to mechanise 500,000 hectares of smallholder farmland by 2027. The strategy will also…