By JESSIE NGOMA- SIMENGWA – WHEN government introduced the girl-child school re-entry policy in 1997, there was much jubilation in the country especially from human rights activists and parents alike. Before that, the girl-child’s life...

By JAMES KUNDA – PARLIAMENT has ratified the appointment of eight new High Court judges by President Edgar Lungu. The eight are, Evaristo Pengele, Koreen Zimba, Ruth Chibbabbuka, Kenneth Mulife, Wilfred Muma, Abha Nayar Patel,...

By STEPHANIE KUNDA – THE Court of Appeal sitting in Ndola has maintained the death sentenced slapped on a Ndola man who murdered his 11 month-old step child because he suspected that his wife was...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has commissioned a two-phase Constitution refinement roadmap adopted by Cabinet to address the lacunas and inconsistencies in the supreme law of the land. Justice Minister Given Lubinda told Parliament in...

By JAJAH COULIBALY – THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent Mwenya Musenge its general secretary who announced Chishimba Kambwili’s dismissal on forced leave. The party’s central committee resolved to send the party chief executive...

By KASONDE KASONDE – NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) consultant Chishimba Kambwili was yesterday summoned to appear for inquiries at the Lusaka Central Police Station. According to a call-out dated February 21, 2019 issued to Mr...

By STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has instructed Justice Minister Given Lubinda to invite the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Amnesty International to come to examine the Opposition Alliance’s criminal allegations against some Government...

By MILDRED KATONGO – A-TWENTY-FOUR year-old man in Ndola has been dragged to court for allegedly forcing himself onto his biological sister. However, the court hearing the case was told yesterday that the witnessing who...

By STEVEN ZANDE – BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus-Cochrane Dyet has stressed the need for Zambia to hold a national dialogue process to enable stakeholders address issues like the Public Order Act (POA) and...

By JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called for an end to ‘board-room politics’ between the Government and Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and challenged the mine’s parent company Vedanta to make good its pledge...