FROM CHILA NAMAIKO in Cape Town, South Africa – With the price of copper steadily inching upwards and mining firms recalling more and more of the thousands laid off two years ago, Mines Minister Christopher...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – THE Mazhandu bus involved in yesterday’s road traffic accident that left 10 people dead and many more seriously injured had survived a near-miss just hours before the fatal crash with a...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA), Grain Traders Association Zambia (GTAZ) and the Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) have concluded a tripartite agreement, which is expected to avail subsidised maize grain to...

By HELLEN TEMBO – POLICE have picked up the two family members of Shabu Benos, the girlfriend and suspect in the killing of Reeves Malambo, a Lusaka business executive who was stabbed to death on...

By JAMES KUNDA and CHILA NAMAIKO – A ROBUST Government programme is in place to enable the country record progress in ending child marriage, President Edgar Lungu has said. The Head of State has since...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Drug-Enforcement Commission (DEC) last year arrested 5,901 people countrywide for illicit use of drugs, including cannabis, cocaine and heroin, representing a spike of nearly 10 per cent over the 2015...

By BRIAN HATYOKA in KAZUNGULA – HUNDREDS of out-going cargo trucks are marooned at Kazungula border in Southern Province, with some drivers blaming the pile-up on dawdling customs officers and others on a broken-down pontoon....

By HOPE BWALYA GOVERNMENT has released about K45 million to address the country’s drug debt in order to boost health service delivery to the public. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said yesterday that as of December...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year jail sentence slapped on a police officer who was convicted of defiling a juvenile that was detained at Matero Police Station in 2014. Supreme...

By JULIUS PHIRI  in Katete – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has pardoned and lifted the suspensions of all erring Patriotic Front (PF) officials who were suspended before and after last year’s general elections. President Lungu said...