By CHATULA KANGALI – ABOUT 4,000 incapacitated families on the Copperbelt Province have so far benefited from the Social Cash Transfer Scheme. The social transfer scheme is a programme that was rolled out by the...

By ANDREW PHIRI – WORKERS at Livingstone’s timber company, Supersonic International Limited, have protested over non-payment of salaries for 12 months. The workers, who staged a sit-in protest yesterday, complained that top company management had...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIANS living in South Africa have called on President Edgar Lungu to ensure that the impending Republican Constitution considers the interests of those living in the diaspora. Zambia Association in South...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE ISOKA Magistrate’s Court has convicted and fined 11 Ethiopians K1,000 each for unlawful entry into the country. Immigration department public relations officer Nshinka Namati has said. The eleven, all male...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) director of legal and corporate services Maureen Mwanza, for corrupt practices involving K50, 000. Ms Mwanza 37, of house...

By JAMES KUNDA – CHINESE vice-president Li Yuanchao has pledged to work closely with his Zambian counterpart Inonge Wina, to enhance economic ties between the two countries. Mr Li said he was looking forward to...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) will consider printing ballot papers for the 2016 general elections in Zambia. ECZ Director Priscilla Isaac said on ‘Let the people talk’ programme on Radio...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – INCARCERATED musician, Clifford Dimba, alias General Kanene, has asked the Supreme Court to order for re-trial in a matter in which he was convicted and sentenced to 18 years for sexually...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has urged President Edgar Lungu and his Government to work towards national reconciliation and building. “He must act as President for all Zambians by working with...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – A ZESCO employee in Monze District has died after being electrocuted while working on a transformer on the Monze-Livingstone power lines. Kelvin Sitamu, 41, a Zesco lines man, of Monze Site...