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 SARAH MWANZA – MOVEMENT for Economic Empowerment and Democracy (MEED) has called on the University of Zambia (UNZA) management not to bar students who have not cleared their fees from writing examinations. MEED executive...

By SARAH MWANZA – THE Small Scale Farmers Development Association (SAFADA) has called for conducive policies that protect local manufacturers who add value to local farm produce. SAFADA president Boyd Moobwe said favourable policies will...

By SUNDAYTimes Reporter – VETERAN  politician and business executive Vernon Mwaanga has described Murray Lee Sanderson, the Kitwe-based business executive who has died at the age of 86 as a man who made a lasting...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE Government has said is deception by the United Party for National Development (UPND) to claim that the declaration of a state of threatened emergency by President Lungu was targeted at...

By KASONDE KASONDE and GLORIA KANGWA – A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl in Siavonga has been raped by two boys aged 16 and 17 in an incident that happened after the victim and her two friends left...

By HOPE BWALYA – THE Government has warned foreign companies operating in Zambia against abrogating the labour laws of the country, saying those found guilty risked imprisonment. Labour and Social Security Minister Joyce Simukoko said...

By SYLVESTER MWALE Chief Liteta of the Lenje people of Central province has been overthrown in a palace coup for alleged gross misconduct, including threatening to gun down his own subjects and indiscriminate disposal of...

By ANDY HOME – THE prices of copper have finally emerged from their extended winter hibernation, breaking out of an eight-month trading range to hit two-year highs. The prices for three-month copper on London Metal...