By SAM PHIRI – TEN political parties have successfully paid their presidential nomination fees either in full or partly in readiness for the August 11 general elections. Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chairperson Esau Chulu...

By DAVID KANDUZA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has authourised the issuance of offer letters for residential plots to 1,600 former miners in Luanshya to enable them build houses to cushion them against the impact of...

By ETAMBUYU SANG’ANDU – AN economic analyst, Noel Nkhoma, has said the continued drop in the monthly inflation rate is likely to trigger low commodity prices and improved standards of living. Mr Nkhoma said in...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Governors chairperson Alexander Chikwanda has called for more actions to implement various resolutions from delegates who attended the just-ended bank’s annual meetings in Lusaka. President...

BY SYLVIA MWEETWA AND MUSONDA MANGALASHI – THE Kitwe High Court has sentenced  a 53-year-old man to 17 years  imprisonment with hard labour for  defiling his 15-year-old  stepdaughter, describing his action as evil. Ms  Justice...

By KASONDE KASONDE and HOPE BWALYA – THE MMD has said that the Registrar of Societies has recognised Felix Mutati as the party president. But former president Nevers Mumba said it was illegal for the...

By JAMES KUNDA and MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has assured the Africa that the institution will strive to implement all its strategies aimed at alleviating poverty on the continent....

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE European Union (EU) has expressed confidence in the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ)’s capacity to successfully organise the August 11 general elections. EU Ambassador to Zambia and the Common Market...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has maintained the maize floor price for the 2016/2017 crop marketing season at K75 per 50 kilogramme (kg) bag, Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has said. Mr...

By HELLEN TEMBO, MELBOURNE MUSHITU and KASONDEE KASONDE – A CROSS section of society has condemned United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres for their ‘appetite’ to cause violence ahead of this year’s elections. Meanwhile,...