DAVID KANDUZA  – A NEW twist has emerged in succession controversy regarding the Ndubeni chieftaincy after some royal family members took the matter to court to have the succession wrangle resolved. Senior chief Chiwala, who...

BY STEPHANIE KUNDA – POLICE in Ndola have picked up a decomposed body of a woman suspected to have been murdered in Ndeke township. Copperbelt police Commissioner Charity Katanga identified the deceased as Anastasia Banda,...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has with immediate effect partially lifted the suspension on the road service licence for Juldan Motors bus services. The transporter’s license was suspended last...

By STEVEN ZANDE and CHUSA SICHONE – ABOUT 78 per cent of invited stakeholders attended the two-day National Democracy Stakeholders Summit (NDSS), Zambia Centre for Inter-Party Dialogue (ZCID) has said. ZCID board chairperson Nathan Mulonga...

The financial troubles at Times Printpak, better known by its flagship product, the Times of Zambia, are among the most well-known of the longest surviving SOEs in this country. The company has been in a...

By JAMES KUNDA – JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda has challenged United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema to withdraw a statement depicting the duo holding a planned meeting and agreeing that Government subscribes...

ELLEN TEMBO in Kafue Gorge – WORKS at the USD2.1 million Kafue Gorge lower hydropower plant project works have covered 80 per cent and the whole project is expected to be completed soon, Zesco managing...

By STEPHANIE KUNDA – ZAMBIAN health authorities will soon impose restriction on the sale of cough syrups containing the highly-addictive substance known as a codeine, following in the footsteps of several other African countries. The...

By STEPHANIE KUNDA  – THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has announced that staff at Times Printpak Zambia Limited will be paid after resources are made available for IDC at the end of June. IDC public...

By DOROTHY CHISI – THE National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved another HIV vaccine clinical trial for the prevention of HIV-1 infection in women. NBA chief executive officer Luckson Tonga said the phase-two trial, which...