By SYLVESTER MWALE – LUSAKA has been hit by water shortages with some parts completely running dry, while residents in townships have been forced to wake up earlier than normal to line up for the...

By SARAH TEMBO – THE opposition MMD says it will be holding provincial conventions starting from the first quarter of next year before holding a national conference ahead of the 2016 presidential elections. Party national...

By SYLVESTER MWALE? – A TRUCKLOAD with more than 660 bags of maize worth more than K46, 000 purchased by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) have gone missing in Katete in what is believed to...

By KASONDE KASONDE – KABWE High Court has sentenced a 72-year-old man to 30 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling an 11-year-old girl. Kabwe Judge-in-charge Mwiinde Siavwapa sent Ackson Siwale to prison yesterday after...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – ZAMBIA is working hard to improve the business environment for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to create job opportunities, Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) director for enterprise development Makasa Mukula has...

By MARISA MWAPE and MAYA NTANDA – THE Green Party (GP) says it will participate in the jubilee celebrations despite other opposition parties shunning the event. GP leader Peter Sinkamba said the party would join...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT has released K405,000 to boost the construction of a new malaria laboratory at the Tropical Disease Research Centre (TDRC), Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Davy Chikamata has said. Dr Chikamata...

MORE than 40 pigs have died in the last one week from suspected swine fever in some parts of Luangwa District. The disease was detected last week on Thursday when 20 pigs were found dead...

By YVONNE CHATE – THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has said it will enhance its anti-drug and money laundering campaigns to curb the ever increasing vices, especially among the youth. The commission pledged to generate...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO – THE Japanese Government has given Zambia a K522, 000 grant for the construction of a new community school in Kabwata Constituency’s Mahopo Township. Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Kiyoshi Koinuma said the...