By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – PARLIAMENT has challenged the Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) to give clear reform solutions to the electoral process to enhance its transparency rather than just issuing proposals. The Parliamentary Committee on...

By MAYA NTANDA – THE Chingola Magistrates’ court has convicted a 32-year-old man for raping a 79-year-old woman in the presence of her husband. Principal Resident Magistrate David Chibwili convicted Webby Chibale and committed him...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a banker in Ndola for money laundering activities involving US$7,000. Musonda Chitambo, 27, of house number 26 Malile Road in Ndeke, was arrested by...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – CHOMA General Hospital management has been taken to task by District Commissioner Bernadette Hamweemba for alleged failure to keep the newly built facility clean. Ms Hamweemba was dismayed that the general...

By MAYA NTANDA and JAMES KUNDA – THE MMD on the Copperbelt has called for a national convention to save the party from total collapse. MMD provincial chairman Moses Mumba and Provincial Executive Committee secretary...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) has lifted the suspension of the operating licence for Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company. In 2013 NWASCO suspended the operating licence for the...

By NORMA SIAME – PARAMOUNT Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people has said being recognised by President Edgar Lungu has freed him to work and support national development programmes. Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – MACHA Mission Hospital in Choma has been hit by a shortage of essential drugs among them Combivir, an Anti-RetroViral tablet (ARVs) for children and adults living with HIV/AIDS. As a result...

By JACOB CHANDA – THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has urged the labour movement in the country to be committed to serving society. Speaking in Kabwe during the Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ)...

By THANDIWE MOYO – THE Zambia Heart and Stroke Foundation (ZHSF) has warned that the increased abuse of tobacco among the young people could result into escalating health problems in Zambia. ZHSF president Fastone Goma...