By CHILA NAMAIKO and DELPHINE ZULU – THE only two burial sites in Choma have been filled to capacity, forcing residents to bury on top of old graves. This has sent Choma Municipal Council (CMC)...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – A KAPIRI Mposhi farmer has been convicted for repeatedly defiling his stepdaughter and niece aged 12 and 11 years. The 38-year-old man has since been committed to the High Court for...

By JULIUS PHIRI – AN albino woman has been brutally murdered in her home in Lundazi in a suspected ritual killing. The woman had both hands cut off and several teeth extracted, while her husband...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA and  MILDRED KATONGO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has cautioned investors and mining houses in particular against engaging in transfer-pricing schemes with subsidiaries abroad and has directed tax authorities to curb the trend....

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has dissolved the sub committees of the Patriotic Front (PF) central committee. PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri said yesterday that all the sub committees of the central...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard that former permanent secretary for administration at Cabinet Office, Annie Sinyangwe approved a paving contract before procedure was concluded. David Mulasikwanda, 34, a former Cabinet...

By JAMES KUNDA – FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has assumed the role of chairperson of the African Development Bank (ADB) board of governors for the period 2015 to 2016. Meanwhile, Zambia will next year host...

By JULIUS PHIRI, BRIAN HATYOKA and MERCY MASEKO – THE MMD has at the last minute pulled out from contesting the Malambo and Petauke Constituency by-elections scheduled for June 30, this year. Initially, the former...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called on Australia, Bulgaria, Eritrea, South Korea, Niger and Senegal to open new avenues of collaboration for the benefit of Zambians and citizens of those countries. President...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) has provided US$22.22 million (K160 million) to the Zambian Government for the implementation of the Support to Science and Technology Education (SSTEP) project. The project will...