By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Government in 2013 exceeded its budgetary allocation by more than K500 million, the latest Auditor General’s report on Republic Accounts has revealed. The expenditure was above the authorised provision of...

By JAMES KUNDA – QUEEN Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has wished the people of Zambia a peaceful and prosperous future under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu. The Queen has also congratulated President...

By CHATULA KANGALI – A WITNESS has told the Ndola magistrates’ court that suspended Copperbelt Police Chief Mary Tembo’s Toyota Cressida which she allegedly asked Grizzly Mining to repair was not a write-off. Enock Sike,...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary general Davies Chama says Kasama Central Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Mwamba will be slapped with new disciplinary charges this week for de-campaigning the ruling party prior...

 By SYLVIA MWEETWA – THIEVES on Friday night broke into Budget Stores in Kabwe and got away with K40, 000 cash. The thieves that gained entry to the store through the roof removed iron sheets and broke...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – THE International Police (Interpol) has issued a red notice for the arrest of two Zambians who escaped in Zimbabwe after being found with explosives in December last year. Luke Chisale, 30,...

By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says cultural exchange programmes have played an important role in strengthening the Chinese and Zambian relations. Ms Wina acknowledged the role the Chinese culture festivals play in building...

By CHARITY MOONGA in Harare – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday held talks with his Zimbabwean counterpart President Robert Mugabe on the importance of regional integration in ensuring development, among other issues. Speaking to journalists after...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – POLICE in Chililabombwe are holding a woman and her husband in connection with the death of their one-year-old baby believed to have died from a fall while the couple fought over...

By DELPHINE ZULU – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has made four new appointments to the foreign service and challenged the appointees to justify their postings by delivering efficiently. Mr Lungu appointed four designate ambassadors to France,...