By JAMES KUNDA – TWO suspected criminals in Lusaka’s Mandevu township have died of gunshot wounds encountered in a thwarted robbery. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said another two are on the run and in possession...

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has described Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) which is in need of K30 million to undertake renovations, as a disaster in need of urgent attention. KTH senior medical...

By JAMES KUNDA – WITH an estimated US$500 million annual loss due to illegalities in Zambia’s timber industry, the Government has suspended the issuance of export permits to conduct a stock of wood availability and...

By KASONDE KASONDE – TO further actualise free education, the Government will pay K600 per child as user fee subsidy in all grant-aided secondary schools in addition to grants given to them, Chief Government spokesperson...

By JOSEPH BANDA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday held a bilateral meeting with South Sudan Presidential Affairs Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin who briefed him on the implementation of the peace process in thatcountry. Dr Benjamin...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE beginning of the year has been characterised by mountains of uncollected garbage in all the cities and major towns around Zambia. The survey by the TIMES OF ZAMBIA in the...

By JOSEPH BANDA – CHIEF Government spokesperson Chushi Kasanda has challenged Patriotic Front (PF) vice president Given Lubinda to tell the nation where his regime was taking money stolen from fuel supply contracts.Ms Kasanda said...

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – THREE mine unions on the Copperbelt have asked government to provide a clear policy direction on the future of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to end uncertainty among workers and stakeholders.The National...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THERE was an outpouring of grief at Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC) grounds yesterday at a funeral service for six Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church youths who drowned in Siavonga’s Lake...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Government has sourced funds to clear the K1.6 billion owed to farmers that supplied maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and issued 26 permits for the export of maize...