By REBECCA MUSHOTA – STATE House has advised United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema to tone down on his political rhetoric because it is irritating Zambians. Special Assistant to the President for...
Read MoreBy CHARITY MOONGA – THE Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday took the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Permanent Secretary Charles Simpanje to task over the misapplication of funds in excess of K12...
Read MoreBy KAIKO NAMUSA – GOVERNMENT has mobilised a grant of K1.8 billion (US$355 million) to improve water supply, sanitation and drainage systems in Lusaka, President Michael Sata has said. The funds have been organised through...
Read MoreTHE relocation of Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola to a more spacious area will certainly attract more investment and change the face of the Copperbelt provincial capital, which has had an old structure...
Read MoreBy CATHERINE NYIRENDA – INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister Mwansa Kapeya has said the digital migration will present a fertile ground for local actors to generate better income and create employment for the youths. Mr...
Read MoreBy XAVIER MANCHISHI – JUSTICE Minister Wynter Kabimba says Zambia has learnt valuable lessons from the mistakes made in trying to develop her extractive industry. Mr Kabimba said Zambia had continued to develop its mining...
Read MoreBy KAIKO NAMUSA – FOREIGN Affairs Minister Wilbur Simuusa has told Parliament that Zambia is highly recognised as a champion of peace and security and has great influence around the continent. Mr Simuusa was responding...
Read MoreXAVIER MANCHISHI – GOVERNMENT has completed the revision of the foreign policy, Foreign Affairs Minister Wylbur Simuusa has disclosed. Addressing members of the diplomatic corps at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Simuusa...
Read MoreBy CATHERINE NYIRENDA – GOVERNMENT says it is concerned with the trade barriers South Africa has imposed on some Zambian products and has led to trade imbalances between the two countries, with earnings standing at...
Read MoreBy MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – A POLICE vehicle ferrying suspects to Kamfinsa State Prison on Tuesday afternoon overturned, leaving four injured. The vehicle, a Toyota Land Cruiser registration number ZP2197 overturned after the driver lost control...
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