Friday, April 19, 2024

Rural News

Man sentenced to 40 years with hard labour

A man of Petauke district in Eastern Province has been sent to 40 years imprisonment with hard labour for defilement by the Chipata High...

Project works stall in Sikongo District

Sikongo District Commissioner, Bright Tombi, says it is disheartening that project works in his District have stalled despite contactors engaged in exercise being paid...

Man sentenced for three years for biting wife’s private part

The Mansa Magistrates Court has sentenced a 27 year old peasant farmer of Kale Village in Chief Mibenge's Chiefdom to three years imprisonment with...

100 tonnes of cannabis confiscated in Mpika

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has unearthed over 100 tonnes of fresh cannabis in Kamwendo village of Mpika district in Muchinga province. The contraband involved...

Zambia Police arrest Chief Magodi’s son for Killing a Cyclist

Police in Lundazi district in Eastern Province have arrested a 14 year old juvenile who knocked down a 57 year old cyclist to death...

Villager survives crocodile attack in Itezhi-tezhi District

A 35-year-old man of Iyanda area in Chief Musungwa’s chiefdom in Itezhi Tezhi district is nursing injuries in the Itezhi Tezhi District Hospital after...

Health workers threaten to leave rural health Centre because of witchcraft

Some female health workers at Bushinga Rural Health Centre in Chief Kaingu’s chiefdom in Itezhi Tezhi district have threatened to flee the institution because...

Mob justice kills 66 year old village headman on suspicion of practicing witchcraft

Mob justice has claimed a life of a 66 year Old village headman of Lukwesa chiefdom on suspicion of practicing witchcraft in Mwense district...