By KASONDE KASONDE – MOBILE money agents have been warned against brandishing huge sums of money when attending to customers as doing so only attracts criminals to pounce on them, the Zambia Police Service has...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – AN extraordinary 7,525-carat (1.505kg) single-crystal Chipembele was awarded the record for the largest high-quality emerald ever discovered at Gemfields’ Kagem mine in Zambia.Chipembele is known as “the rhino emerald,” with Chipembele...

By MUSONDA MANGILASHI – MORE than US$4.5 million of drips manufactured by the International Drug Company (IDC) based in Kabwe are going to waste as the Government has allegedly shunned buying the product opting for...

By JAMES KUNDA – ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says there will be no increment in electricity tariffs or electricity connection fees by Zesco until the completion of a Cost of Service Study (COSS) report is...

By JAMES KUNDA – TROUBLE has resurfaced in the long-time former ruling party UNIP after announcing the suspension of its president Trevor Mwamba and passing a vote of no confidence in his leadership.UNIP acting president...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Centre for Environment Justice (CEJ) estimates that there are between 4,000 and 6,000 poachers lurking in the Kafue National Park alone.CEJ board chairperson Vincent Ziba said in a statement that...

By DOROTHY CHISI – WHILE rescue efforts are ongoing at a flooded mine on the outskirts of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, reports indicate that a Zambian who was among six other trapped miners is dead....

By DAVID KANDUZA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema used his trip to the Copperbelt to reassure Zambians he is working to actualize his campaign promises with a promising new chapter of economic prosperity.Speaking in Mpongwe Friday,...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – A PARLIAMENTARIAN says a trend has emerged in his rural constituency where teenage girls are using the pregnancy trap to trick their parents into allowing them to drop out of school...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI and DAVID KANDUZA – Vedanta Resources or other investors interested in Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) must meet several benchmarks before starting operations, the industry’s three main unions said yesterday. Read more...