By TIMES REPORTERINFORMATION and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana has refuted media claims that Government has increased toll-gate fees from K20 to K60, describing the posts as a blatant spread of falsehoods by disgruntled elements.Mr...

By JAMES KUNDA – CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has revealed that the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) approved Zesco Limited’s new electricity tariffs without consulting the Government.Mr Mweetwa, who is also Information and Media Minister,...

By JOSEPH BANDA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema will tomorrow travel to Kenya to attend the Africa Fertiliser and Soil Health Summit at the invitation of that country’s President William Ruto.While in Kenya President Hichilema would...

By JOSEPH BANDA – PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged African governments to invest in teachers for them to meet standards of teaching aligned with the 21st century.The President says doing so will help the continent...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Government has announced plans to proceed with the enactment of the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) draft Bill in order to give credence to journalism practice in Zambia.Information and Media Permanent...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) has dismissed an application by former Infrastructure minister Ronald Chitotela to stay the execution of a judgment that ordered him to pay a construction...

By CHUSA SICHONE and PASSY HACHIZYO – A TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD suspected leader of a notorious gang which has been terrorising people around the Shadreck’s traffic lights in Lusaka’s Matero Township has been arrested.Gift Banda, infamously known...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has come up with an initiative to establish a specialised housing finance facility to address the shortage of accommodation in the country.BoZ Governor Denny Kalyalya said...

By MAPULANGA LIBINGA – FOURTEEN people including two foreigners in Ndola have been arrested by police in an operation conducted to search for assailants that have been terrorising the public.Copperbelt Province police chief Peacewell Mweemba...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Zambia National Service (ZNS) has unearthed a scam in which some unscrupulous people are swindling unsuspecting job seekers of money using fake Facebook and WhatsApp accounts created under the name...