By MILDRED KATONGO – FIVE people have been arrested for allegedly exhuming the remains of a person who was buried last year at Muwele village cemetery in Lavushimanda in Muchinga Province and trying to have...

By JAMES KUNDA – SOME financial market and economic experts have hailed measures by Ministry of Finance towards the country’s economic recovery programme but called for a firmer approach. Economic analyst, Chibamba Kanyama, financial market...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA – THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has confirmed more than 350 teachers in Western Province who have served beyond their recommended probationary period. The confirmation comes barely two days after General Education...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA  and JAMES KUNDA  – THE House of Chiefs has said a special committee will be constituted to address persistent tribal conflicts between the Lunda and Luvale people of Zambezi District in North-Western...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has upheld the declaration of Sesheke Member of Parliament (MP), Romeo Kang’ombe, as duly elected but urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to flex its muscle...

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has called for peace to prevail in the February 13, 2020, local government by-elections campaigns in Mongu, Mitete and Lukulu districts in Western Province. Ms Wina called on both the Patriotic Front...

By STEPHANIE KUNDA – AUTHORITIES at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport have arrested a foreigner who attempted to smuggle base metals and precious stones weighing about 1.5 kilogrammes. The man suspected to be a mastermind...

By CHRISTABEL CHIWILA  – GENDER and Development minister Elizabeth Phiri says delays to distribute sanitary towels in schools is due to challenges in data mapping to capture the number of girls in each school. Ms...

By FRANK CHING’AMBU – NGOMA yetu inatubika, namichima inahokoka, (our traditional drum has deflected and our hearts are fluttered) a Luvale saying to describe the chief’s death or any other senior official of the land....

By CHRISTBEL CHIWILA – SEVENTY girls in the range of 12 and 17 years old have been withdrawn from early marriages in Muchinga Province. Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) Muchinga Province acting coordinator Losaria Nyirenda...