Rural News

Geoveda Lenders Limited, a company that produces natural boosters and organic fertiliser, has flagged off the distribution of liquid fertiliser for Northern Province. Acting Northern Province Permanent Secretary, Lewis Mwape, who officiated at the distribution exercise in Kasama, said government...

Lusangazi District Commissioner Mike Tembo has intervened in a crisis at Ukwimi Trades Training Institute that has gone close to a month without electricity affecting students’ learning and studies. Mr Tembo is disappointed to learn that the management at...

President Hakainde Hichilema is on Friday this week expected to grace a graduation ceremony at Chipata Teachers’ College in Eastern Province where he will witness his adopted daughter graduate with a diploma in teaching. Eastern Province Permanent Secretary, Paul...

The Local Government Service Commission – LGSC has established 16 Human Resource Management Committees in Western Province to perform delegated functions on behalf of the Commission. Speaking during the opening of the Human Resource Committee Workshop organised by USAID Local...

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary, Paul Thole says enhancing communication on sexual health by spreading adequate information on preventive measures will help resolve the escalating numbers of teen pregnancies in the province. Mr Thole says it is important to accept that...

Some districts in Western Province are reportedly hit by a sporadic outbreak of anthrax. This has prompted government to embark on vaccinations against the disease to prevent it from spreading further. Western Province Fisheries and Livestock Coordinator, Kelvin Kampamba has...

-President Hakainde Hichilema has disclosed that the contractor engaged to work on the Manyinga-Mwinilunga road will soon be on site soon. President Hichilema said he understands the importance and economic value of the road to the people of Manyinga,...

Chasefu District Commissioner, Lufeyo Ngoma, is saddened by an incident in which a 13-year-old girl was defiled by six men at a nightclub in Emusa trading area. Mr. Ngoma said six men of unknown age took turns to defile...

Government has set a deadline of December 2024 to have all public institutions in rural areas connected to piped water. Southern Province Minister, Cornelius Mweetwa, said it is President Hakainde Hichilema’s desire to have all schools and health centres in...

A Village headman in Kabanda compound of Mwinilunga district in North-western province has allegedly been axed to death by an angry mob of mourners on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. District commissioner Harrison Kamuna confirmed the incident...