By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A ZAMBIAN youth has scooped the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) innovation award. Wilson Musonda who walked away with US$700 and a certificate was among other individuals and...

By ANDREW PHIRI – THE Livingstone City Council (LCC) yesterday swung into action and closed seven bars in the tourist capital for operating under unsanitary conditions. According to a court order obtained by the council,...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT has urged the private sector to invest in building schools in rural areas. Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early education, Patrick Ngoma said Government alone could not...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO – THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has said it is disappointed with reports of alleged malpractices and incidences of violence in the just ended Katuba Parliamentary by-election. ECZ acting public relations...

By MAYA NTANDA – POLICE in Chililabombwe have arrested two truck drivers for allegedly stealing 135,000 litres of diesel valued at K1,112,400 from Lubambe Copper Mines(LCM). The drivers, allegedly diverted the diesel which was ordered by...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – THE Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) chief executive officer Muyenga Atanga has  disclosed that US$160,000 has been spent on rehabilitating eight passengers coaches  using resources raised from operations. Speaking when he toured the rehabilitation works at the ZRL workshops in Kabwe  yesterday, Professor Attanga said ZRL had...

By XAVIER MANCHISHI and NAKUBIANA SHABONGO – CHIEF Kakumbi of Mambwe District in Eastern Province yesterday told the Tribunal probing Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo’s alleged interference at Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) that the...

By CHATULA KAMPO – FORMER Copperbelt Province minister Matthew Sampa Mulanda has been put to rest. Mr Mulanda, 76, was buried yesterday at Kansenshi Cemetery in Ndola after a requiem mass that was held at...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba has implored the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to involve women in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as a catalyst to improve...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Magistrates Court in Solwezi has convicted two Ugandan traditional healers for illegally practicing in Zambia. According to a statement released by Immigration Department public relations officer Namati Nshinka, the court...