By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl has narrated how a 30-year-old man of Lusaka abducted her and was having sex with her and later took her with other girls to Matero township to sleep...

By KASONDE KASONDE – PUBLIC sector unions and the Government have agreed to terminate the debt swap and restructuring initiative as a condition of service due to non-availability of resources to sustain the exercise.Last year,...

By KASONDE KASONDE – STAKEHOLDERS in the teaching fraternity have expressed worry over the rate of mistakes and non-adherence to the requirements by would-be 30,000 teachers.The Teaching Council of Zambia (TCZ) disclosed that some applicants...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Kanyama Township who was charged with murder has been acquitted together with one of the three juveniles who were his co-accused.Lusaka High Court Judge, Twaambo Musonda,...

By JANE MWANSA – A ZAMBIA Army officer has been detained by police for allegedly causing the death of a four-year-old girl after running over her with a vehicle on the Kasempa-Mutanda road in Kalumbila.North-Western...

By MILDRED KATONGO – LIVESTOCK and Fisheries minister Makozo Chikote says lack of information among small scale livestock farmers is increasing animal disease burden.Mr Chikote said some small scale livestock farmers lacked information on how...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI – THE Police in Kabwe have rounded up nearly 300 people for various offences in a 48-hour swoop in four townships.During the operation led by Central Province commanding officer Donald Mwandila some...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – THE United Party for National Development (UPND) was headed for victory in the Mongu mayoral by-election and scooped a council ward each in Northern and Southern Province.The result not yet declared...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA –THE Government has made significant progress in ensuring editorial independence, media self regulation and public access to information in the country, Information and Media Minister Chushi Kasanda has said.Ms Kasanda said the...

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE American Embassy in Zambia has cautioned citizens to be wary of fraudsters who are pretending to be United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees and asking for money for...