By JOSEPH BANDA – THE World Bank has disbursed a grant of US$100 million to Zambia for the first phase of the $700 million National Energy Advancement and Transformation (NEAT) programme for the period 2023...

By PASSY HAACHIZO and JANE MWANSA – THE mutilated decomposing bodies of a thirty-three-year-old woman and that of her three-year-old son have been discovered in a house in Masaiti.Also found at the scene was the...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations to former president Edgar Lungu, Amos Chanda, his wife and sister-in-law have appealed against the Lusaka Magistrate Court’s decision to convict and sentence...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZESCO is in talks with Mozambique for a possible increase in the quantum of power exports to Zambia.Energy Minister Peter Kapala said currently, the country was importing between 50 and 90...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF) faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has been committed to the High Court to undergo trial on espionage charges.Lusaka Resident Magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli informed Nakacinda yesterday that the Director...

By JOSEPH BANDA – THE United Nations (UN) system in Zambia says it will mobilise US$30 million for humanitarian assistance, in response to President Hakainde Hichilema’s declaration of the current drought as a national disaster...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Government through the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has started the process of employing an initial 314 cholera centre medical volunteers out of the verified 853 as per directive by President...

By CHUSA SICHONE – ZAMBIA may experience flash flooding in some areas in the next few days causing more devastation to crops and misery to small scale farmers who are reeling from a debilitating drought...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka High Court has ordered the prosecution to avail the Chinese owner of 10 dogs that mauled a 13-year-old girl to death so that he can undergo trial for manslaughter.Shi...

By SNIKE MZULAH – IN a feat of supernatural strength and bravery, a 23-year-old Siavonga woman has rescued a four-year-old boy from the jaws of a crocodile on the Zambezi River on Sunday.However, the lady’s...