A HUMANITARIAN crisis has besieged Zambia as more than 5,000 refugees fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are domiciled in Luapula Province. The number of asylum seekers fleeing political turmoil in that...

By FRANCINA PHIRI – HOUSING and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela is disappointed with Copperfield Construction Service, a contractor working on the Pedicle Road, over delays to complete the remaining 70-kilometre stretch. Mr Chitotela said...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has said it is imperative for women to take advantage of the yearning goat marketing in Saudi Arabia. Speaking during the tour of Rivendale Farm in Luanshya...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has called for more concerted efforts to deal with sexual reproductive health education in  schools as a tool for curbing sexually transmitted infections (STIs)...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A POLICE officer yesterday narrated how K200,000 with tags of  BancABC was discovered in Precious Longwe’s house after the murder of her husband in Lusaka’s Woodlands residential area. Sunday Bwalya from...

By SARAH MWANZA – AS the number of asylum seekers from the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) neared 6,000 yesterday, the resident United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Zambia has described the parlous...

By MILDRED KATONGO  – WITH the rainy season all but set, the Lusaka City Council (LCC) is racing against time to clear the blocked drainage system in the Central Business district to avert flooding of...

By HAMATAN KACHABE  – A FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Chinese businessman has been arrested for producing fake shoes labeled Bata, with police seizing 2,768 pairs worth K68,800 from his shop in Lusaka. The Bata brand is legally owned...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – SMUGGLING remains the biggest cancer to domestic revenue mobilisation quite apart from eroding the competitiveness for local products, Finance Minister Felix Mutati has said. Mr Mutati said the Zambia Revenue Authority...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – SLAIN Auto Force proprietor Reeves Malambo’s lover Tshiabu Benos yesterday wailed in court as she narrated the unfolding events which led to how she ended up stabbing her boyfriend to death...