By SYLVESTER MWALE – SOME suppliers to the Zambia Prisons Service have written to President Michael Sata seeking his intervention in the manner payments are made by the Prisons authorities. The suppliers claim that there...

By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – LOCAL Government and Housing Permanent Secretary Howard Sikwela has called on local authorities countrywide to ensure that they remit pension contributions to the Local Authorities Superannuation Fund (LASF). Local authorities in...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – ANOTHER farm bloc area in Kitwe’s Kamfinsa constituency, Kakolo has been cut off following continuous heavy rains that have caused havoc in the district. Kakolo, an area across Kafue River, was...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE situation at Kasumbalesa Border Post in Chililabombwe has returned to normal with the recent truck congestion now over. The truck congestion at the border post followed the killing of two...

By JULIUS PHIRI – A PEASANT farmer of Lundazi District has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his brother over K40. Appearing before Lusaka High Court Judge Chalwe Mchenga, who is conducting criminal...

By JULIUS PHIRI  – PARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni-speaking people of Eastern Province yesterday shifted his base from Emphendukeni palace to Laweni in readiness for the Nc’wala traditional ceremony tomorrow. The paramount chief was...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – LUSAKA High Court judge Mubanga Kondolo has recused himself from handling a matter in which former Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has challenged his suspension and expulsion from the ruling Patriotic Front...

By CHUSA SICHONE – TEN trucks laden with illegal timber estimated to be worth between K30, 000 and K40,000 have been intercepted in Lusaka. This followed an operation led by Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental...

By CHATULA KAMPO – A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD boy has appeared in the Ndola magistrate’s court for breaking into a house and stealing goods valued at K4,250. The boy, who is jointly charged with two other juveniles...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has said the Ministry of Lands has power to overturn the decision by the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) to award Zambezi Resources Limited mining rights in the...