By SYLVIA MWEETWA – THREE men took turns defiling a 13-year-old girl in Kapiri Mposhi District yesterday, leaving her to nurse injuries on her private parts. The three well-known men, who were in a group of...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO – THE Government has commissioned the newly-constructed Chiawa Bridge and named it after President Michael Sata. Chieftainess Chiawa proposed to Vice-President Guy Scott when he officiated at the commissioning yesterday that the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott will propose to the ministries of Finance and of Agriculture and Livestock to consider giving incentives to emerging farmers in the poultry industry instead of giving subsidies across...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – LAFARGE Zambia has offered to sell 347 housing units to former and current employees both in Ndola and Lusaka with a 35 per cent discount on the actual value. Lafarge managing...

By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA and JUDITH NAMUTOWE – LOCAL analysts have supported measures contained in the Value Added Tax (VAT) General Administration Rule number 18, which has generated considerable debate in various quarters. This is seen...

By CLEVER ZULU – THE Government has commissioned the second 180 megawatt generator at the Kariba North Bank in Siavonga to add an extra 360 megawatts to the electricity national grid aimed at reducing load-shedding....

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – A WEDDING ceremony ended tragically in Kapiri Mposhi on Wednesday afternoon after a trigger-happy man went on rampage shooting dead a man he suspected of flirting with his wife in a...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – THE Government is proposing to establish a Local Government Equalisation Fund (LGEF) to be announced in the 2015 National Budget that will help put local authorities on a secure financial footing,...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER Information and Broadcasting Services minister in the MMD government, Newstead Zimba was yesterday shocked to discover that the family accounts held at a named bank had been closed with the...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – THE ruling Patriotic Front (PF) acknowledges with humility the resounding acceptance it has received from the people of Mangango following its victory in Tuesday’s parliamentary by-election, President Michael Sata has said....