By JOWIT SALUSEKI – AFRICA’s agricultural image is normally associated with small-scale, hand hoe, rain-fed, poor seed varieties and inaccessibility to markets. Small-scale farmers on the continent continue to face many hardships despite the huge...

By Margaret Mangani  – RECENTLY the Times of Zambia ran a letter in the sister paper the Sunday Times under the ‘Tell me Josephine’ column of an author who complained of having gone through hell...

Introduction Mr. Speaker, It is a great honour and privilege for me to address this August House and, through you, the people of Zambia. This is my first address to this House as Republican President....

By SYLVESTER MWALE PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu proposed to change the law that requires the Government to build a house for former presidents as a cost-saving measure and promotion of equity among constitutional office bearers. Mr...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has split some Government ministries and created five more in his bid to promote dynamic and rapid social-economic growth of the country. The new ministries include that of...

By DELPHINE ZULU – GOVERNMENT has signed a US$273 million contract with Star Software Technology Company Limited to undertake phases two and three of Zambia’s Digital Migration Project. The contract was signed yesterday following the...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIA and Zimbabwe have partnered to explore the possibility of developing a 1,800 Megawatt (MW) power station at Batoka Gorge in Southern Province with an estimated investment of US$4 billion, President...

By JAMES KUNDA and SYLVIA MWEETWA – DIPLOMATS accredited to Zambia, opposition political parties and the civil society, have welcomed the pronouncements made by President Edgar Lungu in his address to the Fifth Session of...

By Sylvester Mwale – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has proclaimed, Sunday October  18, 2015 as the day of repentance, prayer and fasting throughout the country. Mr Lungu said, in a Statement released  by the Special Assistant...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed that the enrolment of street kids into Zambia National Service (ZNS) camps be increased to enable the vulnerable children enhance opportunities for a better life. Mr...