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...

By PASSY HAACHIZO - A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD man of Mumbwa in Central Province has been arrested for allegedly marrying his 13-year-old daughter after separating with his wife. Otisi Kabilo of Ntalasha Village in Chief Shakumbila allegedly...

By STEVEN ZANDE - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has said refugees should be free to live in any country as long as they abide by existing laws in the host nation. The President was responding to...

By CHILA NAMAIKO - THE Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) has commenced criminal proceedings against mining companies, most of them on the Copperbelt for allegedly polluting the Kafue River and other water bodies. Water Development,...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA - THE EVANGELICAL Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has said that it is not part of the statement which was issued last week by the church saying that Zambia was sliding into a...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA A POLICEMAN in Luanshya has shot dead his wife in full view of her mother before shooting himself as the parties attempted to resolve a marital dispute. Copperbelt Commissioner of Police Charity...

By STEVEN ZANDE - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called for concerted efforts in reducing rural poverty and high levels of inequality in the country. Mr Lungu said yesterday although the Government had intensified countywide infrastructure...

By CHILA NAMAIKO - FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati has said Zambia is making tremendous social and economic progress to engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and that the risk remaining is on the external side....

By JAMES KUNDA - PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is optimistic that parliamentary business will continue normally despite the suspension of 48 United Party for National Development (UPND) members of Parliament (MPs) this week. Special Assistant to...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA A BLAST at a brewery in Luanshya has injured scores of workers and caused extensive damage to property. The blast injured eight workers at Chat Breweries, leaving them with burns and fractured...