Author: Times of Zambia

By STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged Japan and other cooperating partners to help Zambia with best practices to deal with floods which have damaged infrastructure and washed away crops in selected parts of the country. Mr Lungu said while the rain is a relief to crop production and hydro-power generation, too much […]

By FRANCINA CHOMBA – MORE than 700 families in various parts of Zambia have so far been displaced from their homes by flash floods triggered by heavy downpours in many districts since the onset of the rainy season. Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator Chanda Kabwe said that Eastern Province had seen the […]

By BRIAN HATYOKA – A SUSPECTED smuggler, 31, of Mwandi District in Western Province has drowned in Zambezi River. Sakambwe Sakambwe drowned after the canoe his team was paddling with18 containers of allegedly smuggled fuel on board was hit by a hippo. Zambia Police Service public relations officer Esther Katongo said in a statement yesterday […]

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By CHUSA SICHONE in Kawambwa – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has encouraged the residents of Luapula Province to take advantage of the region’s immense agricultural potential and favourable rainfall pattern to grow enough to feed Zambia. And to avoid that potential from being jeopardised by armyworms, President Lungu has directed agricultural extension officers to take proactive […]

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Ministry of Finance has given the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) K300 million for the payment of arrears owed to local contractors in the road sector. Finance Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu said in a statement yesterday that the target beneficiaries were local road contractors and consultants under the Road Development Agency […]

By ESTHER NG’ANDU and REBECCA MUSHOTA – A KITWE security guard has been killed by criminals who tied his hands, blindfolded him and stuffed his mouth. In Chongwe, police are investigating two suspected cases of murder after picking up the body of a woman and another of a baby with deep cuts in Mpango area […]

By CHUSA SICHONE – A WAR of words has erupted between the Justice Minister Given Lubinda and the United Party for National Development (UPND) after the Kabwata Member of Parliament attacked the opposition leader’s comments about Zambia’s economy. The UPND appear to have taken umbrage at Mr Lubinda’s description of its leader Hakainde Hichilema as […]

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – THE FEMALE teacher of Ndola arrested for dousing her boyfriend in petrol and setting him ablaze has been charged with attempted murder by police in Solwezi. In Kitwe, a 22-year-old Lusaka maid accused of stealing a six-month-old baby from her employers has been handed over to Lusaka police. In the Solwezi […]

By KASONDE KASONDE – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has told Parliament that more than 24,000 kg of gold has been produced by four mining companies in Zambia from 2017 to February 2019. Ms Wina told Parliament, however, that it was difficult to be exact about the figure because too much illegal mining of gold was happening […]