By HOPE BWALYA – Road Development Agency (RDA) chief executive officer Bernard Chiwala has been dropped. Mr Chiwala has been replaced replaced by Kanyuka Mumba, who was until now, RDA’s director of construction and rehabilitation....

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – SOME parts of Zambia are expected to be hit by hunger after experiencing crop failure due to the dry spells, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has announced. The country...

By MAYA NTANDA – BUSINESS came to a standstill in Kitwe yesterday when youths conducted a procession around the town centre in solidarity with the court order that  granted them access  to the Copper slug dump site...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – RAINBOW party leader, Wynter Kabimba and his co-accused, Post Newspaper editor-in-chief, Fred M’membe were yesterday detained by a Lusaka Magistrate court. The two were however, released after they met bail conditions...

By TIMES REPORTER – TWO armed police officers fled a crime scene in dramatic fashion when two robbers attacked Chainama Engen Mini Mart on Great East Road around midnight a fortnight ago. The bandits sped...

By SYLVIA  MWEETWA – A TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD woman of Serenje district has been sentenced by the Kabwe High Court to five years imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting her nephew, whom she tied to the bed with chains for several days. Judge Elita Mwikisa said Grace Machanga’s actions towards the...

MOFFAT CHAZINGWA  – in Shanghai, China PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is expected here on Thursday for a busy state visit. The Head of State, who will be accompanied by First-lady Esther, will touch down in Shanghai...

By DELPHINE ZULU – MWANSABOMBWE Member of Parliament (MP) Rodgers Mwewa and his wife Anne Mwitwa have been arrested for abuse of authority of office. Mr Mwewa is former Agriculture deputy minister, while Ms Mwitwa...

From KAIKO NAMUSA, WINDHOEK NAMIBIA  – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has arrived in Windhoek, Namibia to attend the inauguration ceremony of Namibian President-elect Hage Geingob. The inauguration of President Geingob, who is taking over from Hifikepunye...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT intends to institutionalise the medical team in-charge of the President in order to protect the health of the President. Vice-President Inonge Wina said yesterday in Parliament during the Vice-President’s question...