By MILDRED KATONGO – THE National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) has approved the increment of domestic and commercial water tariffs for six water utility companies for the period of 2017 to 2019. The...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA AND MUSONDA MANGILASHI – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has pardoned 847 inmates from different correctional facilities across the country as part of this year’s Christmas celebrations. The move has been hailed by the...

By FELIX MALUNGA – THE Zambia Army has commended the men and women in uniform for their exemplary behaviour during the August 2016 general elections. Third Infantry Brigade commander Lasten Chabinga said the military personnel...

  By JAJAH COULIBALY – LABOUR Minister Joyce Nonde has announced that Government will be left with no choice but to close down the Horse Shoe restaurant in Lusaka if workers continue giving contradictory stories...

By JAJAH COULIBALY – The Ndola High Court has sentenced former minister of Defence George Mpombo’s 17-year-old son to death for shooting dead his pregnant girlfriend and beheading her. Ndola High Court judge-in-charge Emelia Sunkutu...

By JAJAH COULIBALY – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged Zambians to commemorate Christmas by engaging in prayer and worship. The Head of State called on Zambians to help the needy, and make a personal contribution...

By SAM PHIRI – A GYNAECOLOGIST and fertility specialist has attributed the increasing low sperm count among Zambian men to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. Edward Tamale-Sali, operating at a newly-established In Vetro Fertilisation...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – FIFTY-FOUR United Party for National Development (UPND) Members of Parliament (MPs) have unreservedly apologised for their disrespectful conduct towards President Edgar Lungu, and breaching the Parliamentary privileges after boycotting the official...

By JULIUS PHIRI – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary general Davies Mwila has said that the party will not succumb to pressure from some members calling for elections because the current mandate of office bearers has...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has opened fresh talks with South Africa over a power deal that could see Zambia start importing 300 Megawatts (MW) of electricity from that country next year. Energy Minister David...