By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Mahtani Group of Companies has honoured some freedom fighters with K50,000 each as a token of appreciation for their sacrifice to Zambia. Senior citizens’ accounts have been set up at...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE- The Drug Enforcement Commission has busted a major cross border drug ring after it intercepted contraband of miraa, an illicit drug, in Kapiri Mposhi. DEC intercepted 302 bundles of the drug, weighing...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA and CHARITY MOONGA- VISITING Angolan External Relations Minister Georges Chikoti has called for the abolition of the visa requirement between Zambia and his country to further cement the mutual relations between the...

By JULIUS PHIRI- A WOMAN carrying an eight-month pregnancy has been raped and strangled in Katete, Eastern Province. Unknown people raped and murdered the heavily pregnant woman in the early hours of Sunday. Eastern Province...

By CHARITY MOONGA – ANGOLA has expressed interest in becoming Zambia’s major oil supplier following expansion of its refineries. Angolan Minister of External Relations Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti said yesterday that the two countries should...

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – A RETIRED nursing services manager was yesterday rescued from a raging fire that reduced her house to rubble. Joyce Musuka, who lives alone, was asleep when the fire started in her...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – MINES, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma says security wings have managed to trace some illegal gold miners and dealers on the black market in the ongoing investigations. The ministry...

By CHATULA KAMPO – ANGRY Kitwe residents yesterday blocked the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriage way protesting against continued shortage of water supply in some parts of the city. Wusakile, Ndeke and Chamboli residents gathered at the...

By SARAH TEMBO – THE Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) has petitioned Government to probe the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) and Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) over issuance of licences to foreign transporters....

By SARAH TEMBO, MWANGALA LISELI  and CHATULA KAMPO – EIGHT per cent of girls in Zambia are married off by the age of 15, it has been learnt. Senior Education Officer Oswell Nakachinda disclosed in...