By XAVIER MANCHISHI – PRESIDENT Michael Sata yesterday visited First Republican president Kenneth Kaunda who is admitted to Lusaka Trust Hospital. President Sata arrived at  the hospital at 10:45 hours accompanied by First Lady Dr...

By CHILA NAMAIKO  and FLAVIOR CHISHALA – TWELVE people have died while 24 others in critical condition have been admitted to Mazabuka District Hospital after a road traffic accident involving a Marcopolo bus and a...

By KAIKO NAMUSA and PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – GOVERNMENT and the legal fraternity in Zambia have mourned the demise of eminent lawyer-cum-business executive Willa Mung’omba, who died in South Africa yesterday after an illness. Mr Mung’omba,...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER republican president, Rupiah Banda’s son, Andrew has been jailed for two years with hard labour for engaging in corruption. Andrew, 53, has been convicted for soliciting a two per cent...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has spelt out his Government’s resolve to modernise the country’s international airports in order to bring them to international standards. The President said Zambia would have all her...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – GOVERNMENT has embarked on major construction of housing units for defence forces and built more than 4, 000 units by the end of 2013. President Michael Sata said 4,336 medium and...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has warned public service officers to desist from indulging in the on-going debate on a new Constitution. The President has also reiterated that there is no Constitutional void...

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – TOWERING Chipolopolo defender Stoppila Sunzu has been voted the Best Player at French side, FC Sochaux-Montbeliard for the month of January. This award comes barely a month after Sunzu and compatriot,...

By CHUSA SICHONE – ACTING President Alexander Chikwanda has said the Ministry of Finance should act as a shining example to other ministries by avoiding the misuse of public funds. Mr Chikwanda, who is Finance...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – LUSAKA-based musician Clifford Dimba, alias ‘General’ Kanene, has been convicted of defiling an underage girl. Dimba, 26, has since been committed to the High Court where he faces a minimum sentence...