By JAMES KUNDA in Chilanga – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has said Government will boost local agricultural research and extension services to enable the country realise sustainable diversification of the sector. Ms Wina said, through enhanced...

By JAJAH COULIBALY – THE campaign to fight cholera in Lusaka is gaining momentum following the launch last week of the Lusaka Cholera Response, a joint venture between Times Printpak and Makeni Islamic Welfare Limited....

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE number of asylum seekers fleeing from unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and being hosted at the Kenani transit centre in Luapula Province has increased by 1,000 within...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Ministry of Finance has so far released K20 million for the rehabilitation of the Lusaka City Market that was gutted in an inferno early this year. Disaster Management and Mitigation...

WE regret the Zambia Police Service’s decision to reverse its earlier progressive resolution to enlist eight Chinese nationals in the police reserve wing. On Monday, Zambia Police enlisted eight Chinese in various ranks but this...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE medical team attending to the Kawambwa Siamese twins currently at the University Teaching Hospitals (UTH) is to decide next week what action to take on the co-joined babies. Health Permanent...

By STEVEN ZANDE and REBECCA MUSHOTA – FOLLOWING a public outcry, the Zambia Police Service has reversed its decision to enlist eight Chinese men in its reserves unit. Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja told...

By DELPHINE ZULU – MURDER suspect and Lusaka lawyer Keith Mukata has asked the High Court to acquit him and his lover, Charmaine Musonda, arguing that the State has lamentably failed to prove the ingredients...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – LAFARGE Cement Zambia Plc has been fined more than K99 million which is 10 per cent of its annual turnover as at 2012 for abuse of dominance. The Board of Commissioners...

By ESTHER NG’ANDU THE National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has condemned what it alleges is a growing trend by academic experts offering to write assignments on behalf of students for a fee....