By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE FORMER Mines minister Maxwell Mwale has been acquitted of a charge of abuse of authority in connection with the issuing of a mining licence. Mr Mwale, who is former Malambo member of...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged citizens to hold elected officials accountable on Government pronouncements. Mr Lungu said citizens had a duty to remind their elected officials such as members of Parliament...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – INCREASING cases of sexual scandals involving male teachers and their pupils are disturbing and need to be stopped, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has said, warning that names of perpetrators will...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Zambia Correctional Services has asked the Lusaka magistrates’ court to vary its order, and insisted that United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema and five others be detained...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has directed the Ministry of Mines and the Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) to work towards increasing the mining sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Produce (GDP) from...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD man of Mumbwa in Central Province has been arrested for allegedly marrying his 13-year-old daughter after separating with his wife. Otisi Kabilo of Ntalasha Village in Chief Shakumbila allegedly...

By STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has said refugees should be free to live in any country as long as they abide by existing laws in the host nation. The President was responding to...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) has commenced criminal proceedings against mining companies, most of them on the Copperbelt for allegedly polluting the Kafue River and other water bodies. Water Development,...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE EVANGELICAL Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has said that it is not part of the statement which was issued last week by the church saying that Zambia was sliding into a...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA A POLICEMAN in Luanshya has shot dead his wife in full view of her mother before shooting himself as the parties attempted to resolve a marital dispute. Copperbelt Commissioner of Police Charity...