By JAMES MUYANWA – GLOBAL mining giant, Anglo-American Corporation, which the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has seen as a remedy for the mining crisis in Zambia, is laying off 85,000 workers globally...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu remains resolute to stemming corruption and has implored Zambians to reflect on the devastating effects the vice has on economic gains. Zambia has made significant progress towards addressing...

By SARAH MWANZA – GOVERNMENT has described as damning remarks attributed to the United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema at the Global Investment Summit on Africa in London. Mr Hichilema was quoted...

By HOPE BWALYA – DEFENCE Minister Richwell Siamunene has announced that more than 168,000 people have applied to join the defence forces. Mr Siamunene said following the advertisement in August, the military received 168,119 applications...

By STANSLOUS NGOSA in Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is today expected to be among African Heads of State and representatives from the African Union (AU) participating in the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA  in Mkushi – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned millers against effecting unreasonable price hikes of mealie-meal as the move is tantamount to economic sabotage. President Lungu said it is economic sabotage for...

By SYLVESTER MWALE THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has sanctioned the upward adjustment of Zesco electricity tariffs for various customer categories from an average of 37 Ngwee to K1.13 per kilowatt hour. The decision is...

By JAMES KUNDA – MOBILE communication services in most parts of the country have been interrupted as the network fed to the 204 Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication towers has broken down. This has...

By JULIUS PHIRI – MORE than 2,000 girls in Sinda, Eastern Province, have dropped out of school after falling pregnant this year alone, education authorities have said. Sinda District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Feston Mtonga...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has appointed chairpersons for committees and new members of the Patriotic Front (PF) Central Committee, as part of the ongoing reorganisation of the party in readiness for next...