By JULIUS PHIRI – POLICE in Chipata have arrested a 33-year-old man for the alleged double murder of his wife and son. Godfrey Chomba had been on the run since January 28 when he is...

By FRANCINA PHIRI – HEALTH Minister Chitalu Chilufya has said that the ministry is not ready to engage in cheap political pertaining to the outbreak of cholera in Zambia. Dr Chilufya said the cholera outbreak...

By CHILA NAMAIKO in CAPE TOWN and MILDRED KATONGO – ZAMBIA Railways Limited (ZRA) has struck a commercial deal with South African freight logistics agency, Transnet, for the acquisition of a fleet of eight new...

By SYLVESTER MWALE and RABECCA CHIPANTA – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Mkushi South Member of Parliament Davies Chisopa has described as ‘wild outbursts’ the allegations of corruption made by former ministers Chishimba Kambwili and Harry Kalaba....

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila has directed party members on the Copperbelt not to entertain childish arguments among themselves but work to promote unity and respect. Mr Mwila has...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl of Kaloko Township has allegedly been defiled by a 78-year-old man. Narrating the ordeal, the girl’s mother said that the suspect had called some children, among them, the victim...

By FRANCINA PHIRI – THE Government has set aside more than K50 million to compensate farmers who lost a total of 22,000 pigs from the recent outbreak of the African swine fever (ASF). This follows...

By STEVEN ZANDE – WESTERN Province Permanent Secretary Sibanze Simuchoba has said dialogue is crucial to nation building and to consolidating democratic gains which Zambia has achieved from independence. Meanwhile, a 58-year-old Mongu resident has...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – RESIDENTS in Kabwe’s Makululu Township have called for a rollout of pour flush toilets, a sanitation project aimed at replacing pit latrines with flushable ones in areas not connected to piped...

By RABECCA CHIPANTA – LUANSHYA Mayor Nathan Chanda says he is disappointed with some people bent on trying to politicise the workers’ recruitment process at Baluba Mine. Baluba Mine was placed under care and maintenance...