Rural News

The government has implored the newly recruited teachers to bring sanity to the education sector. Kasama District Commissioner Elizabeth Goma says teaching is a noble career which demands professionalism at every level. Mrs. Goma was speaking on Tuesday during...

Some motorists in Nsama district have asked the government to consider including the Mporokoso-Kaputa road in the 2023 national budget. One of the motorists, James Mulenga, said government should consider budgeting for the road to lessen the challenges transporters...

Western Province Minister Kapelwa Mbangweta says Government’s free education policy , just like any new programme, comes with teething problems that will easily be handled with time. Mr. Mbangweta says the new dawn government...

The government has affirmed its commitment towards enhancing livestock farming for small scale farmer throughout the country. Consequently the new dawn government has resolved to facilitate this objective through empowerment programs such as the Enhanced Support Livestock Intervention Program (E.S.L.I.P...

Over 500 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the first and second quarters of 2022 in Chipata City, health authorities in the area have said. Acting District Adolescent Focal Point Person (DADH-FPP) Seth Chongo said his office captured a...

The government has advised persons living with disabilities to ensure that they benefit from its various empowerment funds if they are to contribute meaningfully to development. Provincial Cooperatives Officer Benjamin Mvula says the government is aware of the challenges...

ANTI Gender Based Violence (GBV) stakeholders in Kalomo have called for doing away with some negative cultural norms which they say contribute to the inter-generational cycle of abuse in communities. Southern province Anti GBV coordinator, Derrick Sialondwe says there...

The construction of the US$700,000 soil laboratory at Msekera Agriculture Research Institute in Chipata has been completed. The soil laboratory is part of the World Bank-financed US$32.8 million Zambia Integrated Forest and Landscape Project (ZIFLP) that has been running for...

Lundazi District in the Eastern Province will this year host a beauty pageant on October 21, with total prize money of K1.1 million and a brand-new BMW motor vehicle. The first beauty pageant was unveiled yesterday during a stakeholders' meeting...

Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary, Henry Mukungule, has called for intensified and sustained promotion of tourism sites in the Northern circuit. Speaking during the Chambo Chalutanga Muzinza traditional ceremony of the Fungwe people in Mafinga district, Mr. Mukungule noted...