By JAMES KUNDAFINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has reaffirmed that the payment of taxes by some mining companies in the Chinese Yuan is aimed at addressing the high cost of currency conversion as...

By KELVIN MUDENDA and CAROLINE NGWENGWE in Choma – GOVERNMENT has firmly reiterated that no individual in Zambia enjoys immunity from prosecution except the President during tenure as enshrined in the Constitution of the land.Information...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – INFORMATION and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana has acknowledged the key role that the media plays in promoting Zambia’s tourism potential.Mr Kawana said this after he toured some of Livingstone’s tourism...

By CYNTHIA NKHATA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has visited the United Party of National Development (UPND) party headquarters in Lusaka.Mr Hichilema, who is also UPND party president, yesterday met scores of party functionaries in a...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – MORE than 500 illegal miners have fled the Lower Zambezi following a directive by Zambia Army Commander Geoffrey Zyeele to stop their unlawful activity.Last week, the army ordered all unauthorised miners...

By JAMES KUNDA and SYLVIA MWEETWA – POLICE in Lusaka have arrested three suspects in connection with the stabbing to death of a Chinese couple at its home in Mariansdale, John Howard Extension area.Police spokesperson...

By CHUSA SICHONE – ZESCO and Jigsco Energy Corporation will build a 100 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Chirundu District which will gobble about US$90 million to complete.The two corporations had contracted China...

By CHUSA SICHONE – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is reviewing a letter delivered to State House in Lusaka on Tuesday by a group of opposition political leaders, Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka has said.Mr Hamasaka observed...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – THE Zambia Army has ordering all illegal miners operating in the Lower Zambezi Valley to vacate the area immediately.Addressing illegal miners in Siavonga, Zambia Army Commander Geoffrey Zyeele said the military...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer Tresford Chali has petitioned the Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti over her decision to declare the Chawama Parliamentary seat vacant.Mr Chali urged the Constitutional Court to quash...