By JAMES KUNDA - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called for the revival of the moribund Zambia-Ghana Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation (JPC) to spur social and economic interaction between the two countries. Mr Lungu said the policy required a new lease of life for the two countries to share best practices on eliminating poverty and
By HELLEN TEMBO - THE Technical Education, Vocation and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) has deregistered 32 institutions from undertaking its programmes for failure to maintain minimum training standards. TEVETA director general David Chakonta said the authority deregistered Cavendish University, Evergreen Institute of Commercial Management and Industrial Arts, Young Men’s Christian Association Youth Development Training Centre,
By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE FORMER Mines minister Maxwell Mwale has been acquitted of a charge of abuse of authority in connection with the issuing of a mining licence. Mr Mwale, who is former Malambo member of Parliament (MP) under the MMD regime, was sentenced to 12 months with hard labour by the Lusaka magistrates’ court but
By REBECCA MUSHOTA - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged citizens to hold elected officials accountable on Government pronouncements. Mr Lungu said citizens had a duty to remind their elected officials such as members of Parliament (MPs) on the various promises by the Government. The President said it was unfortunate that people allowed their MPs and
By PASSY HAACHIZO - INCREASING cases of sexual scandals involving male teachers and their pupils are disturbing and need to be stopped, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has said, warning that names of perpetrators will be made public if the trend continues. As a measure to counter the immorality, the TSZ will be working with
By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE - THE Zambia Correctional Services has asked the Lusaka magistrates’ court to vary its order, and insisted that United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema and five others be detained at Mukobeko Maximum Security Facility for their own safety. Lusaka Central Correctional Facility officer-in-charge Patrick Ng’onga said this in an
By JUDITH NAMUTOWE - VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has directed the Ministry of Mines and the Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) to work towards increasing the mining sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Produce (GDP) from the current 12 per cent to around 40 per cent. Zambia has a long history of mining and has a
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