By CHILA NAMAIKO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has challenged the House of Chiefs to use its influence to foster unity in the country and denounce power-hungry politicians using tribalism and regional politics to ascend to...

By JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called on Zambians to refrain from tribal talk and hate speech which can cause divisions in the country. Meanwhile, the Head of State has directed all Patriotic...

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – THE Government has given alternative plots to Mufuchani squatters whose houses were this week demolished by Kitwe City Council (KCC). The affected families have since been given offer letters for the...

By JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has bemoaned the poor performance of the public service despite Government consistently improving the working conditions for staff. The Head of State has since implored staff in the...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – FOURTEEN families displaced by a sinking surface at Nkandabwe Collum Coal Mine in Sinazongwe District of Southern Province yesterday received relief food from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU). The...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Patriotic Front (PF) will endeavour to field as many women as possible to contest Parliamentary and ward positions in this year’s tripartite elections, President Edgar Lungu has said. Mr Lungu...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA BARELY a year after he promised Zambians a new Constitution at the National Heroes Stadium during his inauguration, President Edgar Lungu yesterday assented to the amended Constitution at the same venue. The...

By FLAVIOR CHISHALA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has banned casualisation of jobs and unjustified termination of contracts of employment. Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda announced that President Lungu signed into law the amendment...

By KASONDE KASONDE – ZAMBIA yesterday commemorated 24 years of the country’s declaration as a Christian nation with fresh calls to renew the commitment. The celebration was held under the theme ‘Laying a further foundation...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – Zambia Prisons Service Commissioner General Percy Chato’s family and residents of Luangwa Township in Kabwe yesterday woke up to a rude shock when they found three small coffins, one with a...