By JULIUS PHIRI and NORMA SIAME – UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has pledged to unite the country once elected Republican president in the January 20, 2015 presidential election. The opposition...

By CHUSA SICHONE – BUSINESS in the Lusaka central business district yesterday came to a standstill after Patriotic Front (PF) youths clashed and, in the process, damaged a Metro Cab vehicle recently donated by Matero...

By CHARITY MOONGA – OPPOSITION political parties have called for the depoliticising of the Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS). Contributing to estimates of expenditure for the ZSIS, Kalabo Central UPND Member of Parliament (MP) Chinga...

ANXIETY gripped weary Patriotic Front (PF) members as their on-off general conference entered day two yesterday. Day two of the conference started with a call for all delegates to go through the accreditation process which...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI, SYLVESTER MWALE AND SYLVIA MWEETWA – ACTING President Guy Scott has said the election of Defence Minister Edgar Lungu as Patriotic Front (PF) president is null and void. Dr Scott said at...

By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – THE MMD has said its Members of Parliament (MPs) who have decided to endorse Hakainde Hichilema for the January 20, 2015 presidential election have no blessings of the party. Speaking at...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – FORUM for Democratic Process (FODEP) says former president Rupiah Banda has taken a political gamble that could subject him to a heavier humiliation than the one he suffered in 2011. FODEP...

By MWANGALA LISELI – THE Government is on course in the phase two of the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) project, Health Permanent Secretary Davy Chikamata has said. Dr Chikamata said in Lusaka yesterday that the...

By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA  – MINISTER of Mines Energy and Water Development Christopher Yaluma says two gold refineries are expected to be set up next year, a move that will enable Zambia export processed gold. The...

By Sylvester Mwale and Sylvia Mweetwa  – THE Patriotic Front central committee has resolved to do another accreditation of delegates to its general conference after it was stopped on Friday. Hundred of delegates gathered at...