By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – MORE than K211 million was spent on Parliamentary and local Government by elections from October 2011 to December 2014. This was against the total of K18 million that was budgeted for,...

By DELPHINE ZULU – SIX unemployed former University of Zambia (UNZA) graduates have been arrested for unlawful assembly. The six were among the unemployed UNZA graduates who gathered at Arcades Shopping Complex in Lusaka around...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent away Ministry of Youth and Sport Permanent Secretary, Agnes Musunga after she failed to provide records to show that part of the K12.6...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT will embark on a countrywide exercise of mapping out areas that contain untapped mineral deposits, Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has said. Mr Yaluma said the Government...

By SAM PHIRI  – SIX contractors have been awarded tenders to construct hostels at the University of Zambia (UNZA) main campus that will create 4,160 bed spaces. The contractors that have already moved on site...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Choma magistrate’s court has fined a Malawian business executive K20, 000 for failure to renew his cross-border permit. Wilton Chasweka, 50, was charged with failure to comply with terms of...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE tarring of the multi-million Kwacha Bottom Road in Southern Province, has reached Gwembe District from Siavonga. The road, which connects Chirundu, Siavonga, Gwembe, Sinazongwe and Livingstone districts, would have about...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has urged investors to expose Zambians to business strategies aimed at creating jobs and wealth for the betterment of their livelihood. Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge said investors should incorporate Zambians...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – A THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD man of Salamba Village in Chief Nzamane’s area in Chipata District has been fined K750 and a goat by a traditional court for allegedly attempting to sleep with his...

By MWANGALA LISELI – EDUCATION Minister Michael Kaingu has said the reading culture in the country has gone down due to unavailability of libraries in many places of the country. Dr Kaingu said at the...