Rural News

Police in conjunction with the community members in Gwembe district yesterday retrieved all the four Kkoma accident victims. The four have been identified as Kennedy Hamboole, aged 49, Joyce Hamuntila, 43, Steven Habeenzu, 19 and Chuma Chibale 26, a nurse...

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has awarded a certificate of conformity to Kalota agricultural cooperative of Meheba refugee camp for rice production in the Kalumbila district of Northwestern province. ZABS Chief Executive Officer, Manuel Mutale presented the certificate to...

A 29-year-old man of Itezhi Tezhi district is in court for allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu. Famous Kamano, a farmer who lives in Shakwema village of chief Shimbizhi’s chiefdom in Itezhi Tezhi, is charged with defamation of The President, contrary...

Government has given mealie meal to over 44 families whose houses recently collapsed due to heavy rains in Kawama ward 16 in Luanshaya district. District Commissioner Patrick Maipambe said the mealie meal was given to the victims to mitigate...

Government has released K1 million to pay local workers that are clearing water channels in Lunga district. Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe disclosed that the money is meant to speed up the works of...

Newly constructed, Nakonde Secondary School, formally known as Donald Siwale, has opened its doors to its first pupils today. Nakonde District Education Board Secretary (DEBS ) Hastings Kaira, confirmed the development to ZANIS in an interview this morning. ...

69 people have cheated death after the bus they were traveling on caught fire along the Great North Road in Kapiri Mposhi district. ZANIS reports that the accident happened near Greenleaf area, about 35 KM from Kapiri...

Government is happy that the people of Sinazongwe district in the Gwembe valley are now using dialogue, instead of confrontation in demanding for development. Southern Province Deputy Permanent secretary Kennedy Mubanga says the government continues to pursue an open-door...

President Edgar Lungu is today expected in Kasama District, Northern Province for a one day official visit. Northern Province Minister, Chungu Bwalya says the President will be in the district to among other things officially open the Patriotic Front(PF) provincial...

Kapiri Mposhi Town Council has constituted a task force to spearhead the development of an Integrated Development Plan (IDP) that will prescribe standard strategies to guide development in the district. The task force comprising members from government departments...