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A 12 year old child has died while nine other people are receiving treatment at Kafue Gorge Hospital after consuming suspected poisonous cassava. Chikankata Health Director, Dr. Twambo Nambao, has confirmed this to Diamond news. The incidence happened over the weekend. Credit: Diamond TV

REGION 5 ATHLETES AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES RECEIVE MOTIVATION By Noah Silomba As the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games gets heated up in England, athletes from Countries part of the African Union Sports Council Region 5 have been urged to emulate heroes and heroines that have made the region great and mint …

An electrician at Chikankata Mission Hospital has committed suicide by throwing himself in a dam. Well placed Chikankata based sources have told Byta FM that the deceased identified as Emmanuel Shabeenzu (40) was a resident of Shampande area.According to the sources, the deceased allegedly threw himself in Chikankata dam after …

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says five years from now, even those people who don’t like the new dawn government for whatever reason will acknowledge the changes that it will bring to the country. And President Hichilema has bragged about the ruling party ending load shedding in less than a year of …

Some of the 30,496 teachers recently hired by Government have started collecting their appointment letters in readiness for reporting to their respective places of deployment. Teaching Service Commission (TSC) chairperson Daphne Chimuka said in an interview yesterday that the educators started getting their letters on Monday this week. Ms Chimuka …

A SEVENTEEN-year old boy of Ndola on the Copperbelt has ganged up with two of his friends to repeatedly defile his Grade 1 niece aged seven.The victim who is a Grade 1 pupil at ‘Spring of Life School’ in Ndola’s Kaloko Township is allegedly to have been consistently sexually abused …

HERE is a fact – women in Zambia are still likely to live considerably longer than men. The life expectancy for men in Zambia stands at 62 percent while for women it is at 68, which is about 10 years less than the global average. But there is a double-edged …

By Prisca Lumingu, Mukwima Chillala and Kalunga Mwape The Drug Enforcement Commission –DEC has disclosed that the 15 flats in State Lodge area belonging to former First Lady Esther Lungu have been seized and investigations are continuing following her explanation when she appeared for questioning this morning. The former First …

Refusal to shave hubby costs Lusaka woman 23-year old marriageA FIFTY-two year old man of Lusaka who feared that the shaggy afro under his boxer would graduate into lengthy rastafarian dreadlocks has walked out on his partner of 23 years.After basking in a union of more than two decades resulting …

HH GETS HIGH GOVERNANCE RATING President Hakainde Hichilema has been rated at over 90% in terms of governance excellence so far. This is according to Ndola Diocese Association for Diocesian Clergy President, Fr Elias Muma, who says President Hichilema has set a very encouraging governance tone since assuming office almost …