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....

By DELPHINE ZULU – THREE Cabinet ministers who inspected the progress on the construction of roads in Lusaka yesterday have urged the Road Development Agency (RDA) to harmonise the road contracts and expedite the works....

By DELPHINE ZULU – FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said he is clean and will not succumb to malicious calls for him to resign. Reacting to media slander regarding the claim for payment of US$600...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO and PHELILE MWANDILA – FORMER Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano has said Zambia’s Golden Jubilee celebration is not only important for the country but Africa as a whole because of her contribution during...

By CHUSA SICHONE in Kasama – THE Government has engaged An-Hui-Shuin Construction Group of China to upgrade Kasama Airport at more than K141 million. Northern Province Permanent Secretary Hlobotha Nkunika told journalists in Kasama on...