Saturday, May 3, 2025

Rural News

Maize-prices sky-rocket in Kabompo

Kabompo residents have appealed to government to offload large quantities of subsidized maize from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) in the district. The residents want...

Southern Province Chiefs demand position on the re-alignment of Chirundu and Itezhi Tezhi

A meeting of Southern Province chiefs convened in Choma today failed to get underway after the chiefs objected to proceed with the agenda of...

Mongu residents question the rationale of putting TV licence fee on their ZESCO bill

Mongu residents have questioned the rationale of making them pay compulsory TV licence when some of them do not own TV sets despite having...

Rise in Chieftaincy wrangles due to PF’s 100% subsidy increase for traditional leaders

A senior royal traditionalist in Nyimba district in Eastern province has observed that the love of money was one of the root causes of...

Couple commits suicide over K10,000

A Couple in Chief Chamuka’s chiefdom in Chibombo district committed suicide after a domestic quarrel over K10,000. Both Central Province Police Commissioner Standwell Lungu and...

Man caught defiling 4 year old girl killed

A MOB in Mkushi District beat to death a 45-year-old farm worker who was found defiling a four-year-old girl on Saturday.The mob descended on...

ZAWA urged to crop crocodiles on Lake Kariba as another person is killed

Another person has died from a crocodile attack on the shores of Lake Kariba, adding to the ever increasing deaths occasioning from crocodile attacks...

Pupils in Luwingu abandon classes to harvest caterpillars

About 300 pupils at Mwenimenda Middle Basic School in Lubansenshi Constituency of Luwingu district in the Northern Province have abandoned lessons to help parents...