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Posts published in “Day: April 18, 2012

Typhoid Cases Still On the Rise

[Times of Zambia]

TYPHOID cases have continued to rise in Kabwe moving from 207 on Monday to 217 yesterday.

Govt to Hasten Schools, Health Projects

[Times of Zambia]

THE Government will expedite development projects in various parts of the country, particularly the improvement of social infrastructure such as school and health centres, Eastern Province Minister C...

Five-Year-Old Boy Narrates Defilement Ordeal

[Times of Zambia]

A FIVE-year-old boy yesterday narrated in a Kabwe magistrate's court how 21-year-old Tasila Mwale abused him sexually while covering his face with a blanket.

Media Key to Poverty Alleviation

[Times of Zambia]

THE Platform for Social Protection (PSP) has called on the media to play a leading role in the crusade to reduce poverty in the country by higjhlighting such matters and how it affects mainly the rur...

MPs Bemoan Bad Chama-Lundazi Road

[Times of Zambia]

A PARLIAMENTARY Committee on Reforms and Modernisation visiting Chama District in Muchinga Province has bemoaned the poor state of the Chama-Lundazi Road.

When Injured On the Job….

[Times of Zambia]

Chaired by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the FIFA Executive committee held a meeting last month at its headquarters in Zurich to look at a number of proposals to be presented to FIFA Congress.

Ex-Zamtel Distribution Manager Nabbed

[Times of Zambia]

FORMER Zamtel distribution manager for Lusaka Masautso Banda has been arrested in connection with the K5 billion theft in which several other employees were involved.

Magistrate Views Ex-Post Master General’s House

[Times of Zambia]

THE Ndola Magistrate's court yesterday viewed a house which former Post Master General Paul Simfukwe is alleged to have rehabilitated without following tender procedures.

Kabimba Slams Threats By Henry Banda’s Lawyer

[Times of Zambia]

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has described as a "total fluke" threats by a lawyer representing former president Rupiah Banda's son, Henry that he intends to submit a dossier ...

Government Fleet – a Mismanaged Potential Source of Employment

[Times of Zambia]

When a colleague and I attempted to count the number of motor vehicle models in the Government fleet some two years ago, the figure recorded at the time we gave up was 82. Yes, there were 82 models o...

Drugs Suspects Weep in Court

[Times of Zambia]

THE two Bolivians charged with trafficking and importation of cocaine yesterday wept before a Lusaka magistrate's court as they pleaded to be released claiming other inmates at prison are harassing t...

A Peep Into the Economic Strategic Plan, 2011-2015

[Times of Zambia]

OVER the past five years, Zambia has posted some impressive strides in economic development with key performance indicators putting the country on a "train" to prosperity.

Pilot, Guard Shot Dead

[Times of Zambia]

THREE gunmen stormed a lodge in Livingstone and shot dead an expatriate pilot and a security guard before turning the barrel on a French woman whom they wounded.

First Lady Lauds Thandiwe Banda

[Times of Zambia]

FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba has paid tribute to her predecessor Thandiwe Banda, being first among First Ladies of Zambia to anchor 'The First Lady for a Day Mentorship' programme with young people.

Goat Farming, a Money Spinner?

[Times of Zambia]

Livestock Is Among Other Important Sectors of the Economy which Government Has Been Increasing Its Investments to Enhance Its Growth.

Three Days National Mourning for Kunda

[Times of Zambia]

PRESIDENT Michael Sata has declared a three-day national mourning beginning today, in honour of the late former vice-president George Kunda, who died on Monday at the University Teaching Hospital (UT...

Track Down Livingsone Killers!

[Times of Zambia]

THE insolent audacity with which the bandits in Livingstone carried out the killing of a security guard and a patron at a lodge shows how adulterated some human minds have become.

Country’s Seeding Elates Kalu

[Times of Zambia]

FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Kalusha Bwalya has welcomed Zambia's top seeding in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifiers.

Bolivians’ Drug Trafficking Case Fails to Proceed

[Times of Zambia]

TWO Bolivians, who were intercepted with the largest cocaine haul ever, yesterday appeared in a Lusaka magistrate's court but the case could not proceed as there was no interpreter.