By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – KITWE town once again splits into two with the hosting of Zambia’s fiercest football derby as bitter rivals Power Dynamos and Nkana come head-on at Arthur Davies Stadium, though chasing a...

THIS past week, on June 30 to be precise, an important stakeholders meeting took place at Manda Hill Lodge in Lusaka which was convened by Zambia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (ZPBWCB) chair Nelson...

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is on Monday, July 9, 2018, expected in Ankara, Turkey to attend the inauguration ceremony of that country’s re-elected head of State, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mr Lungu would...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka High Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer of Rufunsa district to a 40-year-imprisonment for defiling a 10-year-old girl. Lusaka High Court Judge, Conceptor Zulu jailed Lupiah Sakala for 40...

MILDRED KATONGO – THE number of teachers exposed with forged academic or professional qualifications has risen to over 700, Parliament heard yesterday. Separately, the Teaching Commission of Zambia said that more than 300 unqualified teachers...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has pledged to lend his weight to the enactment of a Southern Africa Development Community Parliament and described the concept as noble. Speaking to a delegation of Southern...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu and the European Union (EU) have challenged the United Party for National Development (UPND) and other opposition political parties to explicitly denounce all forms of violence in the...

By CHUSA SICHONE – JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda says as the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) improves its pass rate, it should not make the legal practitioners’ qualifying examination porous to quack professionals....

By STEVEN ZANDE PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has instructed Ministry of Finance to suspend contraction of fresh debt and limit spending to projects nearing completion, among many crosscutting measures aimed at ensuring debt sustainability and economic...

THE poor work culture among Zambians, remains, and unfortunately so, one of the key cited elements inhibiting the country’s socio-economic growth. Former Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda is the latest among technocrats and ordinary citizens, observing...