By MARTIN NYIRENDA IT was Woodrow Wilson, the 28th United States (US) president from 1913 to 1921, who once said: “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together”. The words of...

By MILDRED KATONGO BELARUSIAN business executive Alexander Zingman has threatened to sue News Diggers, a tabloid, for alleged defamation. In two stories on May 28 and 29, this year, the publication had alleged that he...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA – THE lockdown that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic is aimed at preventing the spread of the virus, but to some people it is a source of worry. Lockdown is one...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – HEALTH Minister Chitalu Chilufya has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), making him the second Cabinet minister to test positive for the disease in a week, after his Information counterpart Dora Siliya....

By STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed newly sworn-in Ministry of Finance Internal Audit Controller Chibwe Mulonda and Deputy Auditor General in charge of corporate services Clair Mbazima to tighten controls in the...

By HELLEN TEMBO – LUSAKA Mayor Miles Sampa has apologised to the Chinese community for closing down some Chinese business houses in Lusaka last week without following laid down procedures. Last week Mr Sampa closed...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – A STUDY into how married couples in Eastern Province perceive money shows that more women than men keep their earnings to themselves rather than save as a couple. According to a...

By DELPHINE ZULU – Zambia’s COVID-19 epicentre has moved from Lusaka to Nakonde after it was announced that 76 out of the 85 new cases reported yesterday, the largest single-day reporting, came from the border...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Livingstone has hailed President Edgar Lungu’s fourth Coronavirus (COVID-19) national address. PF Livingstone constituency chairperson Elias Mwila said the President’s address to the nation on Friday...

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – THREE international organisations have called on African governments to take necessary measures to protect the rights of women and girls in their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amnesty International, Women’s Link...