By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has banned casualisation of jobs and unjustified termination of contracts of employment. Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda announced that President Lungu signed into law the amendment...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu will win the 2016 presidential elections because of the various development projects that the Patriotic Front (PF) Government has embarked on, the PF media and publicity committee has...

By KASONDE KASONDE – THE Zambia Prisons Service is next month set to build a state-of-the-art milling plant in Petauke, in Eastern Province, with capacity to produce 200 tonnes of mealie-meal per day. Prisons Service...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has embarked on a verification exercise to determine whether Zesco Limited has implemented new electricity tariffs in accordance with the board’s approval. ERB director — consumer...

By JAMES KUNDA – A SENIOR local court magistrate of Lusaka has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for soliciting a bribe of K5,000 from a defendant in a divorce case. Kaputo...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA yesterday commemorated 24 years of the country’s declaration as a Christian nation with fresh calls to renew the commitment. The celebration was held under the theme ‘Laying a further foundation...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE K3 billion debt owed to Government by four selected State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) has been converted into equity to create value for State investments. Cabinet approved the conversion of the K3,492,350,021.41...

By GWEN CHIPASULA – STRIKER Winston Kalengo is a major doubt for the Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament. Kalengo, who bagged the 2015 Zambian Player-of-the-year, Top scorer and Disciplined player awards during the...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – Zambia Prisons Service Commissioner General Percy Chato’s family and residents of Luangwa Township in Kabwe yesterday woke up to a rude shock when they found three small coffins, one with a...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT will not allow any job losses at Chibuluma Mines in Kalulushi on the pretext of operational challenges which are unsubstantiated, Chief Government spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has said. Mr Kambwili has...