By CHARITY MOONGA – GOVERNMENT has said it will start re-negotiating concessions signed with various partners under the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in which it is losing out. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on Communications...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – SIX non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been granted an injunction restraining Government’s decision to allow mining activities in the Lower Zambezi National Park. This follows Government’s decision to award Zambezi Resources Copper...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT says it will ensure equitable allocation of the Youth Development Fund (YDF) so that young people from all parts of the country can benefit from the initiative to empower them....

EDUCATION Minister John Phiri is quoted in some sections of the media attributing the poor performance of school leavers, in last year’s examinations, to high illiteracy levels among grade 12 pupils. Ideally, anyone who reaches...

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – TOWERING Chipolopolo defender Stoppila Sunzu has been voted the Best Player at French side, FC Sochaux-Montbeliard for the month of January. This award comes barely a month after Sunzu and compatriot,...

By CHUSA SICHONE – ACTING President Alexander Chikwanda has said the Ministry of Finance should act as a shining example to other ministries by avoiding the misuse of public funds. Mr Chikwanda, who is Finance...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – POLICE in Serenje have arrested a 28-year-old herbalist for allegedly defiling two girls, both aged 15 and from the same family. Central Province commissioner of police Standwell Lungu, who confirmed this...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has said Government has swiftly engaged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials on the need to tighten border security and defuse tension at Kasumbalesa border. Two lives have...

By MAYA NTANDA and CHATULA KAMPO – THE Patriotic Front (PF) is today expected to usher in a new provincial executive committee on the Copperbelt following the dissolution of the previous executive last year. The...

By FELIX MALUNGA and SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – CONFUSION has erupted over the burial of late former Chipolopolo soccer star, Dennis Lota with his parents demanding that he be put to rest in Zambia while the...