By JAMES KUNDA – THE Government has released K4.32 billion to ensure a sustained positive course in the implementation of poverty reduction and job-creation programmes. Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba said the release of...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI and SYLVIA MWEETWA – FIVE people sustained injuries when a Toyota Hiace minibus plunged into Chifubu stream in the early hours of yesterday morning. The accident happened around 02:00 hours when the...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – KANYAMA residents have called on the Ministry of Education to shut down a welfare education centre in the township which is enrolling children into boarding school without dormitories. Children at Ohms...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – THE Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has failed to recover more than K740,000 from MRI, which was an over payment for the supply of maize seed after the invasion of...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned that those that have refused to acknowledge that he is the Republican President are committing a crime and police will arrest them. Mr Lungu said Zambia...

ByDELPHINE ZULU – DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito has decided to discontinue criminal offences brought against him by entering a nolle prosequi in the matter. Mr Nchito cited unprecedented nature of the case,...

Chief Kasoma Lwela of the Ushi people of Chembe in Luapula Province has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for manslaughter. Rasford Chita 56 who is Chief Kasoma Lwela, appeared before High...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT has set the maximum wholesale price of mealie-meal at K61 per 25 kilogramme bag. Agriculture and Livestock Minister Given Lubinda said after undertaking consultations, Government had set the maximum price...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – Government has assured mining investors in the country that the new fiscal regime is not intended to hurt the industry but to increase Government revenue and transparency in the sector. Mines,...

By DELPHINE ZULU – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed Cabinet ministers to update Zambians on a weekly basis on important Government decisions in order to improve information flow. Meanwhile, Mr Lungu said he is convinced...