Councils should leverage political will to plan
TOWN planning is critical to improving the quality of life for residents by creating attractive and functional public spaces. This is also by guiding the development of buildings and other…
Ndola cooperative ‘missing’ 30 bags of fertiliser
MARY LEMBA Ndola ABOUT 30 bags of fertiliser meant for a cooperative in Ndola’s Chipulukusu have gone missing, prompting police to institute investigations to book perpetrators. Ndola district police commanding…
We can only win together
ANY disease outbreak requires collective effort to fight successfully. This is one of the greatest lessons COVID-19 taught us, where we saw concerted effort win the fight against humanity’s biggest…
UNICEF, AVIC step up to fight cholera
JOHN CHAAMBWA, KELVIN MBEWE, CLAVER MUTINTA Lusaka UNITED Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated 320,000 sachets of oral rehydration salt (ORS) while AVIC International is helping in the provision of…
Nalumango counsels parents, guardians
JUSTINAH MUKUKA Lusaka PARENTS and guardians should avoid living complicated lives that will make their children rebel into uncultured citizens, Vice-President Mutale Nalumango has said. Mrs Nalumango says parents should…
Local authorities join cholera fight
MWILA NTAMBI, JOHN CHAAMBWA, MARY LEMBA, CHAMBO NG’UNI Kitwe, Lusaka, Ndola,Kabwe TO CURTAIL escalating cases of cholera, some local authorities have instituted measures like daily inspection of public sanitary facilities…
Government’s efforts to combat cholera laudable
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday called on citizens to adhere to the health guidelines being given by health authorities on containing the cholera outbreak. Mr Hichilema said, “We can only defeat…
Cholera guidelines toughen
Sale of perishable and ready-to-eat foods in public offices banned CLAVER MUTINTA, KABANDA CHULU Lusaka GOVERNMENT has banned selling of perishable and ready-to-eat foods in public offices and also restricted…
Guard against disunity, hate speech, Govt urges media
CATHERINE BWALYA, CHISHALA MUSONDA Choma, Livingstone GOVERNMENT has advised broadcasting stations to resist being used to propagate disunity and hate speech by some failed politicians.Ministry of Information and Media Permanent…
Utterly despicable and disgusting
THE problem of junkies (young men high on drugs and fomenting terror) has now reached an alarming level and calls for decisive action before it is too late. Unfortunately, it…