By DELPHINE ZULU – GOVERNMENT has launched the first-ever women’s bank with Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda emphasising the need to empower women countrywide. Mr Chikwanda said the establishment of the bank would provide an institutional...

By CHUSA SICHONE – CABINET has accepted and endorsed the establishment of Jubilee Women’s Roadside Markets through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The initiative is aimed at building 10 Jubilee markets along highways in...

By DELPHINE ZULU – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has commended the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) for the outstanding professional and political neutrality shown throughout the various political transformations the country has undergone. The President urged ZAF...

By DAVID KANDUZA – FOURTEEN families in Kantatamwe Village in Chief Ndubeni’s area have been left homeless after torrential rain wreaked havoc resulting in the collapse of several houses and leaving the families stranded. Families...

By SAM PHIRI – NATIONAL Restoration Party (NAREP) leader Elias Chipimo Jr has revealed that he will be contesting a parliamentary seat in the forthcoming tripartite elections. This comes in the wake of Mr Chipimo...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE Lusaka High Court has ordered Muvi Television to pay a Lusaka journalist K50,000 for accusing him of defiling a 15-year-old girl. Francis Maingaila was accused of having sexually abused a...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA and JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has disclosed that he has received reports of some politicians arming their cadres with machetes ahead of the 2016 general elections. Mr Lungu has also...

By JAMES KUNDA in Kasama – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday commissioned the more than US$153 million, 330 kilovolts (kv) Pensulo-Kasama transmission line in Kasama which will improve electricity supply to Luapula, Muchinga and Northern provinces....

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – VARIOUS stakeholders have commended Cabinet for the decision to reject a proposal by the Ministry of Works and Supply to put up a new State House administration building for the Republican...

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – FORMER President Rupiah Banda has called for reconciliation among Zambians in order to foster economic and social development. Mr Banda said Zambians only have one country and should, therefore, work together...