By CHILA NAMAIKO, MELBOURNE MUSHITU and REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Constitution fever has gripped the country as today, President Edgar Lungu unveils to Zambians the long-awaited people-driven Republican Constitution as he promised. It is a...

By KASONDE KASONDE – A MAN of Mulobezi, in Western Province, sustained a bullet wound after he attempted to shoot himself in the head. Moses Siyanga is alleged to have tried to take his own...

By Adrian Mwanza – THE World Bank has set aside US$30 million to help mitigate the impact of lead poisoning in Kabwe, Chingola and Mufulira. The programme will include identification of high blood levels in...

By JAMES KUNDA and CHIDA SAKALA – VARIOUS stakeholders have praised President Edgar Lungu’s directive for Zesco to revert to the old electricity tariff structure and maintain power charges at affordable rates. Zambia Consumer Association...

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has banned casualisation of jobs and unjustified termination of contracts of employment. Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda announced that President Lungu signed into law the amendment...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu will win the 2016 presidential elections because of the various development projects that the Patriotic Front (PF) Government has embarked on, the PF media and publicity committee has...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Zambia Prisons Service is next month set to build a state-of-the-art milling plant in Petauke, in Eastern Province, with capacity to produce 200 tonnes of mealie-meal per day. Prisons Service...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has embarked on a verification exercise to determine whether Zesco Limited has implemented new electricity tariffs in accordance with the board’s approval. ERB director — consumer...

By JAMES KUNDA – A SENIOR local court magistrate of Lusaka has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for soliciting a bribe of K5,000 from a defendant in a divorce case. Kaputo...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA yesterday commemorated 24 years of the country’s declaration as a Christian nation with fresh calls to renew the commitment. The celebration was held under the theme ‘Laying a further foundation...