By JAJAH COULIBALY – in Namwala CONSTRUCTION of the Monze-Niko Road in Southern Province has advanced with 37 kilometres tarred so far. Namwala District Commissioner Mary Sakala said the tarring of the 74-kilometre stretch was...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Rwandan community in Zambia has described as unZambian the recent attacks and looting of shops belonging to foreigners in protest against ritual killings. Rwandan community leader, Frodouald Ntezimana said his...

By CHUSA SICHONE – LOCAL Government and Housing Minister Stephen Kampyongo is expected to meet Lusaka, Chibombo, Chongwe, Kafue and Shibuyunji councils to iron out their differences over establishment of joint cemeteries. The meeting is...

By JOSEPHINE SIKUTE – GOVERNMENT has appealed for concerted efforts from members of the public in the fight against smuggling of mealie-meal to neighbouring countries. Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Howard Sikwela said Government under the leadership...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE MMD says the endorsement of President Edgar Lungu by its members in Eastern Province and Rufunsa District ahead of the general elections in August this year, is not an indication...

By DAVID KANDUZA – AN anthropologist on the Copperbelt has observed that the recent spate of gruesome murders which are taking place in Lusaka are as a result of worldwide demand of organs for transplant....

By THANDIWE MOYO FOLLOWING ritual killings in Lusaka which have claimed six lives, taxi drivers in the city and those in Chipata of Eastern Province, have devised security measures to avoid being victims of the...

By HELLEN TEMBO – ZAMBIA has sent 530 peacekeepers to the Central African Republic (CAR) on a United Nations (UN) stabilisation mission. Defence Minister, Richwell Siamunene said Zambia had once again continued providing troops to...

By HELLEN TEMBO – THE National Opposition Alliance (NOA) has condemned some opposition leaders for suggesting that the recent looting of shops belonging to foreigners  by some Zambians was as a result of economic hardships....

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – LUSAKA lawyer Paul Banda’s son Paul Pandala Banda junior, yesterday told the Lusaka High Court that he lost his temper and beat up his father after he discovered his mother Vivian...