By GRACE CHAILE – ABOUT 40 players are today expected to take part in the  K3,000 Zamtel sponsored Copperbelt Open Scrabble tournament in Kitwe. Scrabble Association of Zambia (SAZ) president Sydney Kalema said in an...

WITH the cure for HIV/AIDS still elusive, it is clear that the fight against the pandemic cannot be restricted to one group but all the people have a role to play in stopping it. This...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – THE Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has dispelled as a myth assertions that it intercepts people’s mobile phone calls. ZICTA head of consumer protection Katwamba Mwansa said the authority...

By PHELILE MWANDILA – THIRTY-TWO suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested during an operation in Solwezi, the Immigration department has said. The immigrants who included 20 Tanzanians, eight Congolese, three from Burundi and one Rwandese,...

By CHUSA SICHONE in Mungwi District – MALOLE Member of Parliament (MP) Christopher Yaluma says he will continue to support the people of Malole Constituency using various means besides the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Mr...

By ANNIE MANONGWA – GOVERNMENT has commended Solwezi Municipal Council for its first ever strategic planning initiative in the mining district. Solwezi District Commissioner Crispin Likando said the strategic plan, which was conceived by the...

By PRUDENCE CHOTA – THE Ndola High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old Ndola bus driver to eight months simple imprisonment and his licence suspended for two years for causing the death of seven people. This...

By JOHNPAUL MPUNDU – HEALTH Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya has urged newly graduated nurses to begin their careers with an attitude to serve people with humane hearts. Dr Chilufya said nursing was a noble profession,...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – CHIEF Chikanta and his subjects in Kalomo District have launched a leadership declaration to commit to combat HIVAIDS in a comprehensive manner. The declaration was in line with the chiefdom’s strategic...

OUR CORRESPONDENT narrates the tale of a tricky and cheeky gate installer who nearly conned him out of his money to do a repair job, and how an ingenious plan helped in recovering the money...