By DELPHINE ZULU – FORMER vice-president Nevers Mumba has opted to remain silent in a case where the court found him with a case to answer on two counts of abuse of authority of office...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – THE Livingstone City Council has started charging churches K300 for holding overnight prayer meetings and crusades, a move which has not been received well by churches. According to a notice signed...

By JULIUS PHIRI and MILDRED KATONGO – COPPERBELT University students have told the Human Rights Commission that overzealous police sent to quell last week’s disturbances at the Kitwe campus made off with money, laptops and...

By CHUSA SICHONE – LANDS and Natural Resources Minister Jean Kapata has hinted that one of the highlights in the new Land Policy is the reduction of land leased to foreigners from 99 to 25...

By JAJAH COULIBALY and CHUSA SICHONE – THE Ministry of Health has disclosed that 29 new suspected cases of cholera have been recorded from various townships in Lusaka. In a statement availed to the Times,...

By CHARITY MOONGA – MINISTER of Higher Education Nkandu Luo has called for laws to address rape in the matrimonial bedroom, saying it is a big part of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Professor Luo said time...

By BILKE MULENGA and ANDREW PHIRI – ANTIMICROBIAL Resistance (AMR) is the development of resistance in a microorganism – such as bacteria, virus, fungus or parasite – or to an antimicrobial agent to which it...

By CATHERINE SAKALA – A stroll in any compound of Kabwe never makes one miss the sight of mountains of garbage lying all over in the townships. Flies and all manner of insects on rotting...

By CHARITY MOONGA – DATA shows that if all women in developing countries with an unmet need for family planning were able to use modern methods, an additional 35 million abortions and 76,000 maternal deaths...

By Shamaoma Musonda – THE City of Lusaka executive committee has now turned the heat onto the Board of Trustees and has called for a meeting at which their conduct and validity will be scrutinized....