By SYLVESTER MWALE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is confident of setting a strong foundation to prepare the Patriotic Front (PF) for the 2016 general elections after scooping all three parliamentary seats in Tuesday’s by-elections. The...

By CHARITY MOONGA – GOVERNMENT will not allow Zambia to become a dumping ground for products and various goods from outside the country, President Edgar Lungu has warned. Mr Lungu said he is saddened that...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – MORE than 140 students at the Copperbelt University (CBU) in Kitwe have been detained following yesterday’s rioting sparked by the continued strike by lecturers. Chief Government spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili said a...

By Austin Kaluba – Today, Zambians in three constituencies – Malambo, Petauke Central and Mulobezi will exercise their right to vote as they participate in the much awaited by-elections to choose leaders to represent them...

By DELPHINE ZULU – FORMER Republican President Rupiah Banda has been acquitted by the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court on grounds that evidence by the State was characterised with gross inconsistencies. Mr Banda said amid sobs, “Nazuzika...

By ANDREW PHIRI – THE Government will investigate reports that an investor who bought off Zambezi Sawmills during the privatisation process has also acquired public assets such as the Mulobezi Railway Line, institutional houses and...

By ANDREW PHIRI – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned Patriotic Front (PF) members who are against welcoming new ones, saying they should leave the ruling party. Mr Lungu said founding PF president Michael Sata embraced...

By JAMES KUNDA – SIX bodies out of the nine people that drowned on Lake Mweru in Luapula Province have so far been retrieved. The nine drowned as they were crossing to the Democratic Republic...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE sixty-six year-old woman, who collapsed during her wedding at the weekend, is on life support at the Ndola Central Hospital (NCH) Intensive Care Unit. Theresa Bwalya Kabaso is receiving treatment...

By CHARITY MOONGA and JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT is ready to render assistance to asylum seekers from Burundi who are trooping into the country in large numbers, President Edgar Lungu has said. The President regretted...