Rural News

Grade seven pupils of Kapachi Basic School in Chadiza district have challenged government and other stakeholders to carry out a vigorous campaign to sensitise parents on the importance of sending children to eradicate illiteracy. Speaking to ZANIS in Chadiza today,...

Kalabo district Administrative officer has appealed to the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit under the Office of the Vice President to urgently send relief food to flood victims in the area. Mr.Mishengo  Mishengo said the district has been hardly hit...

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A 31 year old man of  Chief Zumwanda in Lundazi was yesterday sentenced to  18 months with hard labour for killing his father. Willy Chima of Zombe village, who appeared before High Court Judge Catherine Phiri, was initially charged with first degree...

The Zambia Red Cross Society(ZRCS) in Kasempa has appealed to government to channel some of its resources to the society in an effort to provide humanitarian support to some of the affected areas in the country. ZRCS Public Relations Manager James Zulu...

Chief Nonde of Mbala district in the Northern province has appealed to government to help replace the bridge at Nangwa  river which was recently destroyed by torrential rains. Chief Nondo said the washing away of the bridge has negatively impacted...

A tanker truck, belonging to Caltex, has been burnt to ashes after it caught fire between Nyimba and Kacholola districts this morning. Eastern Police Commanding Officer Emlyn Mushondwa confirmed to Zambia News and Information Services this morning that the incident...

Sinazongwe District Commissioner (DC) has warned motorists coming to the district for the first time to travel during the day because the road is in a deplorable state. Mr. Lavain Apuleni told ZANIS that the Maamba-Batooka road has no signs...

Chief Sinazongwe has charged that Senior Chief Mweemba is creating new villages in his kingdom and has urged government to send surveyors to re-demarcate the area before a dispute erupts. Chief Sinazongwe has since urged his counterpart that conflict was...

Senior Chief Mweemba has said that his people do not want anything but to shift Sinazongwe district at a central place and to rename it as Dindi . However, Chief Sinazongwe said his subjects would never accept the district...