By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – LOCAL production and processing of crude palm oil will drastically reduce Zambia’s dependence on the commodity and edible oil imports. Finance Minister Felix Mutati expressed delight that the country was now...

By  CASSEY KAYULA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has collected more than K4.8 billion from Time to Pay Agreements which are as a result of the tax amnesty on interest and penalties launched in...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Henrik Cederin has said that ‘talented’ Zambia has the potential to deal with its debt challenges because of efforts being made towards diversifying the economy. Mr...

By KASONDE KASONDE – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has cautioned fathers against stigmatising, discriminating and abandoning their physically challenged children. Ms Lungu said abandoning a child was an offence which was punishable by law as...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – A RUMOUR that a tourist had drowned at the Victoria Falls in Livingstone yesterday morning ignited some frenzied activity by security and emergency services as they rushed about looking for the...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – POLICE in Kabwe are investigating reports that a 27-year-old illegal miner believed to have drowned in a disused mine is actually alive and in hiding from people he owes thousands of...

News of more than 2,000 residents of Chikuni, Mawewe and Mutuna villages in Kawambwa District being faced with eviction after a Lusaka-based business person claimed that he had title to the land makes sad reading....

By FRANCINA PHIRI – MORE than 2,000 residents of Chikuni, Mawewe and Mutuna villages in Kawambwa district are faced with eviction after a Lusaka-based business person claimed that he had title to the land. Kawambwa...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Government has condemned the manner in which police deployed at the Copperbelt University (CBU) to quell a protest by students over delayed meal allowances executed their duties leading to reported...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Mazabuka Member of Parliament (MP) Garry Nkombo yesterday lost a private member’s motion in Parliament after it was rejected by members through electronic voting with...