By ADRIAN MWANZA – ZAMBIA and the United Nations (UN) have signed a Sustainable Development Partnership Framework  aimed at improving the country’s social economic development. Vice President Inonge Wina said Zambia and the UN shared...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has pledged to lobby stakeholders to help establish more schools in the remotest parts of the country to increase access to education especially for the girl-child. She...

By PERPTUAL SICHIKWENKWE – CHONGWE Member of Parliament (MP) Sylvia Masebo, together with four other co-accused have pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful assembly. Resident Magistrate Prince Mwiinga who is handling the matter...

By ADRIAN MWANZA – SWEDISH Ambassador to Zambia Henrik Cederin has revealed that his country will invest up to K200 million towards implementation of renewable energy in Zambia. Mr Cederin said Sweden would invest in...

By JAMES KUNDA – Government has restricted the importation of edible oils to 1,000 tonnes per month, Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has announced. The imports, which have only been allowed to stabilise the cost of...

BY HOPE BWALYA – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has underlined the important role that statistical data plays in enhancing the social and economic development of any country. Ms Wina who, is Development Planning Minister, noted that...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) has officially notified labour unions that it is going ahead with laying off 4,300 miners amid economic challenges affecting its operations. Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) president...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE International Energy Agency says global Oil growth demand will drop to 1.2m barrels per day in 2016 from 1.8m barrels in 2015. In its Oil Market Report (OMR) for November,...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – SIXTEEN school girls have failed to sit for their grade nine final examinations at Kachomba Secondary School in Southern Province this year, after falling pregnant. The 88-year-old school in Pemba District...

By MILDRED KATONGO – THE Zambia National Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities (ZNAPD) has bemoaned the lack of user friendly school facilities for pupils with disabilities. ZNAPD executive director Constance Hambwalula said that the...