BY SAM PHIRI and SARAH MWANZA – SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma has said agriculture is the bedrock of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region as more than 80 per cent of people depend...

By SAM PHIRI – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday permitted former Nigerian President General Olusegun Obasanjo to visit UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema at Mukobeko Maximum Correctional in Kabwe. Mr Lungu authorised the visit after Mr Obasanjo...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE Inspector General of Police has said it was dangerous to remove the United Party for National Development (UPND) from the road during the Mongu fracas as they were   arrogant. Kakoma...

By MILDRED KATONGO – FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has said the Ministry of Health will soon launch Zambia’s national Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) strategic plan to address existing gaps in the sector, especially through...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – A KITWE mother, whose 17-year-old daughter is agonising with a serious life-threatening mouth tumor in  Luangwa Township, is appealing to the Government and well-wishers to help evacuate her for specialised treatment...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has granted the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) access to incarcerated United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema to discuss matters of dialogue and reconciliation....

By JOSEPH BANDA – CABINET has invoked Article 31 of the Constitution after the Government noticed a trend of activities with the potential to result in public emergency if left unchecked, President Edgar Lungu has...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) has commenced criminal proceedings against mining companies, most of them on the Copperbelt for allegedly polluting the Kafue River and other water bodies. Water Development,...

By STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called for concerted efforts in reducing rural poverty and high levels of inequality in the country. Mr Lungu said yesterday although the Government had intensified countywide infrastructure...

By CHUSA SICHONE – LANDS Minister Jean Kapata has indefinitely suspended the Ndola City Council and Kabwe Municipal Council as land administration agents. Following that action, all land administration processes in the two councils will...