By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA, JULIUS PHIRI and JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has challenged women across the country to rise and tap into the many opportunities that the Government is creating in various sectors. The...

By CLEVER ZULU – THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) management and staff on Friday joined the rest of Zambia in commemorating the International Women’s Week activities ahead of the International Women’s Day, which fell yesterday....

By SYLVESTER MWALE – FOUR affiliate member unions of the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) have pulled out of the mother body in the latest wrangles that have engulfed one of the...

By CLEVER ZULU – INSPECTOR General of Police Stella Libongani has warned people planning to hold public processions against flouting the Public Order Act. Ms Libongani told a media briefing in Lusaka yesterday that those...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – TOURISM and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo has said Government could not afford to award most of the 19 hunting blocs to family cartels at the expense of indigenous Zambians. Ms Masebo...

By CLEVER ZULU – FOREIGN Affairs Minister Wylbur Simuusa says he is disappointed with the under-utilisation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) by Zambian businesses despite having the secretariat in Lusaka....

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Mazabuka Central Member of Parliament (MP) Garry Nkombo has appealed to President Michael Sata and Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba to restore people’s confidence in the...

By MAYA NTANDA – GOVERNMENT has suspended illegal mining activities at the ‘black mountain’ in Wusakile area in Kitwe until it gives a proper direction on the matter. Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI – GOVERNMENT has said the 60 per cent pass rate in the 2013 joint examination for the school certificate and General Certificate of Education (GCE) ordinary level is as a result of...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has said Government is keen to deliver a people-driven Constitution. Speaking during a closed-door meeting with members of the diplomatic corps and international organisations accredited to Zambia, Mr...