By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE Government has maintained its stance on the new mining taxation regime because it was formulated to deal with fraud in the old system. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said the new...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set April 14, 2015 as the date for the Chawama Parliamentary by-election. The seat fell vacant after area Member of Parliament (MP) Edgar Lungu...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA and CHATULA KAMPO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has travelled to Mfuwe in Eastern Province for a retreat where he will also complete selecting members of his Cabinet. President Lungu said at Kenneth...

By CHARITY MOONGA and JULIUS PHIRI – UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) legal chairperson Jack Mwiimbu has said that party president Hakainde Hichilema is eligible to contest the 2016 presidential election under that party....

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD boy yesterday narrated how his mother axed his father following a misunderstanding. The boy told Kabwe High Court Judge-in-Charge Mwiinde Siavwapa that his mother picked an axe and hacked...

By CHARITY MOONGA – FIRST Republican President Kenneth Kaunda is still admitted to Lusaka Trust Hospital. Meanwhile, Vice-President Inonge Wina yesterday visited Dr Kaunda in hospital. Dr Kaunda’s special assistant Sunday Musonda said in an...

By CHARITY MOONGA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner-General Berlin Msiska to expedite dialogue with mine owners and promptly resolve the impasse over the new mining tax regime. Mr...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – A WOMAN of Chikankanta is battling for her life in Mazabuka General Hospital after being hacked with an axe by her husband who later committed suicide. Yvonne Mubiana, 21, of Namembo...

By CHARITY MOONGA  – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has appointed Joseph Katema as Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister. Dr Katema was Information and Broadcasting Services Minister in the previous Cabinet. The President has reverted Bwalya Ng’andu...

By CHARITY MOONGA – FIRST Republican president Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted to Lusaka Trust Hospital. President Edgar Lungu visited Dr Kaunda at the hospital yesterday. Dr Kaunda’s special assistant Sunday Musonda said in an...