By FRANCINA CHOMBA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is on January 20, this year expected to grace the Zambia National Day at the ongoing Expo 2020 Dubai. Information and Media Permanent Secretary Kennedy Kalunga said Zambia...

SUCCESSION wrangles in the selection of traditional leaders have the potential to derail development within the affected chiefdom and the country at large, hence the need to handle them quickly and cautiously.We say so because...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government has approved a support framework for Mozambique to address terrorism and consolidate peace, security and socio-economic...

By KASONDE KASONDE – FORMER Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo has been arrested and charged for corrupt practices on four counts by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Meanwhile, the Commission has recorded a warn-and-caution statement from...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE marauding fall armyworm has extended its raid in Central Province with nearly 1,300 hectares of fields and 1,670 farmers in seven districts have now been affected. All the crops planted...

By JULIUS PHIRI – FLASH floods are expected in eight provinces across the country, the latest weather advisory from the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment indicates.It shows that floods were between yesterday and tomorrow...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA has this week recorded some reduction in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) positivity rate from a national average of above 30 per cent in the previous weeks to below 25 per cent....

By GODFREY DUBE and SANDRA MWILA – AS the Cameroon 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) got underway at the weekend, former Zambia coach Wedson Nyirenda says the country should use this time to reflect...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should be encouraged to build strategic reserves for petroleum products of up to 60 days to avert shortages as it makes changes to fuel procurement, Energy expert Johnston Chikwanda...

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT, through the National Water and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) is in the process of making water supply and sanitation tariffs cost reflective.Ministry of Water Development permanent secretary, Joe Kalusa observed that...