By CHARITY MOONGA – MMD president Nevers Mumba has with immediate effect expelled party national secretary Muhabi Lungu and his deputy Chembe Nyangu. But Mr Nyangu has described Dr Mumba’s action as illegal because the...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – A MAN of Nchelenge District has been arrested for having sex with a chicken which also died as a result of the act. Patrick Lwanga, 21, of Kasumpa Village in Chief...

By TIMES REPORTER – LABOUR and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda has urged the labour movement in Zambia to ignore the recently-signed Statutory Instrument purporting to revise the retirement age from 55 to 65 years....

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER president Rupiah Banda has lost his bid to contest the Republican Presidency after the Supreme Court blocked his MMD candidature. This means that MMD leader, Nevers Mumba who was suspended...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – PATROTIC Front (PF) president Edgar Lungu is on course to file his nomination as PF presidential candidate for the January 20, 2015 elections. This follows Matero Member of Parliament (MP) Miles...

By SAM PHIRI – ALL the 570 health workers who were dismissed a year ago have been reinstated, Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has said. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Zambia a yellow...

By SAMUEL NGOMA – A DEPUTY minister has never seen the inside of a Cabinet meeting and that’s because he’s not eligible to attend Cabinet. A deputy minister is not even allowed to act as...

By JAMES KUNDA – ACTING President Guy Scott has obtained an injunction restraining the Patriotic Front (PF) from removing him as party vice-president. Dr Scott has also sought to restrain the defendant, either by himself,...

By CHUSA SICHONE – CABINET has asked Acting President Guy Scott to resign from his position with immediate effect. Fourteen Cabinet ministers have since asked Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska and the Attorney General...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – SIX Green Party members were yesterday apprehended at the Supreme Court for attempting to register as part of their president Peter Sinkamba’s 200 supporters using other people’s documentation. The first woman,...