By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE  – POLICE yesterday apprehended a Lusaka lawyer, Kaumbu Mwondela, outside the courtroom as he waited for his client’s case to be called before Lusaka Magistrate, Felix Kaoma. Mr Mwondela, one of the...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA  – MORE than K580million has been released by the ministry of Finance towards the Local Government Equalisation Fund for 116 councils countrywide from January to May 2020. Local Government Minister Charles Banda...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA  – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has approved more than 80 per cent of the K4.6 billion that financial institutions have applied for under the K10-billion stimulus fund. According to an update...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA  – SEXUAL violence against children has been described as one of the largest silent global pandemics that have affected the development of children. The United Nations definition of a child is that...

Gender is my Agenda by Charity Moonga – “I always worked hard at school because I really wanted to study abroad and I cant believe that despite attaining that dream, I have found myself crying...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE  – THE Lusaka High Court has declined to allow the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) to commence judicial review proceedings to challenge Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa’s decision to declare its transmission and distribution...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA  – THE Treasury has released K30 million to pay retirees of the Tanzania Zambia Railways (TAZARA), Zamtel and the Railway Systems of Zambia as part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to dismantle...

By KASONDE KASONDE  – THE ministry of Health will next month embark on a prevalence survey of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), targeting 5,610 people to help come up with a cost-effective strategy for monitoring the disease...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA  – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has congratulated newly-elected Malawian president, Lazarus Chakwera. In his letter to his new counterpart, President Lungu said Dr Chakwera’s election was an affirmation of the trust and confidence...

By STEVEN ZANDE  – THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Zambians against dropping their guard against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) or softening protocols just because people are not falling ill in large numbers during the...