Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry Christopher Yaluma has described the manufacturing industry as the backbone of the country’s economy. Mr. Yaluma says the performance of the manufacturing industry has a huge bearing on the economic status of the country. Speaking during the 33rd Zambia Association of Manufacturers ZAM Annual General…
Government says dimensional poverty which currently stands at 82% in Eastern province is a significant contributor to the high numbers of child marriages and pregnancies in the region. Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Buleti Nsemukila states that the province is the highest hit by dimensional poverty in the Country thereby compromising…
A 45-year-old man of Kakokota Village in Shiwang’andu District of Muchinga Provincehas allegedly been stabbed to death. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Joe Njase who has confirmed the incident in Chinsali today has named the deceased villager as Gastone Mwila who was allegedly stabbed to death by Edward Chisanga of the…
A 12 year-old boy of Senior Chief Nsefu’s area in Mambwe district of Eastern Province has died after being trampled on by an elephant. Eastern Province Deputy Commissioner of Police, Geoffrey Kunda has confirmed the development and has identified the deceased as Evan Njovu of Mpamba village. Mr Kunda says…
The Non – governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council NGOCC is deeply saddened by the reported incident in Luwingu where a father defiled his own three days old daughter, leading to her death. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale says the news coming on the day the world commemorated Father’s Day, has…
Sikongo District Commissioner Bright Tombi has counselled women in the district to only bear a number of children that they can support. The DC says it is absolutely unfair for women and their partners to introduce innocent lives in this world and subject them to harsh realities of poverty. Speaking…