By STEVEN ZANDE and KASONDE KASONDE–INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga says the debt swap is a well-intended initiative between public sector unions and Government and should not be connected to the forthcoming...

By CHUSA SICHONE–THE Ministry of Health has disclosed that more than three in every 10 people in Eastern, Northern and Western provinces are testing positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19). The latest statistics for Eastern, Northern and...

By FRANCINA CHOMBA–THE Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG), a consortium of church mother-bodies in Zambia, will deploy about 1,500 election monitors countrywide during next month’s general election.CCMG chairperson Emmanuel Chikoya said the monitors would be...

By CHUSA SICHONE–THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has said the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made campaigns for the August 12, general election ‘very’ expensive and political parties with the financial muscle.EFF president Kasonde Mwenda is,...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE–A LUSAKA lawyer has petitioned the Constitutional Court asking it to declare that elections held under a general election are not amenable to cancellation or postponement by the Electoral commission of Zambia (ECZ).Michael...

By CINDY SIPULA–After toiling a cold night away on Lake Tanganyika in search of fish, Patrick Sikasote, a local fisherman, emerges in his boat on the lake bay at 06:15 hours.Fish traders, both young and...

COPPERBELT Commissioner of Police Elias Chushi has observed that parents,especially mothers, are providing limited care for the little ones.Mr Chushi said most of the abuse that takes place shows that female guardians and parents were...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA–ZAMBEEF Products has doubled its farm-gate pig prices to tackle pork shortage on the market, according to company chief executive officer, Walter Roodt. Mr Roodt explained that continued consumer demand and a drop...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI–BARRICK Gold Corporation expects a 16 per cent copper production surge in the second half of 2021 as it produces 421.04 million ounces of gold in the first half. According to a statement,...

By CHATULA KANGALI–OGILVY AFRICA, a leading marketing and brand communications network firm, has appointed Alex van Niekerk as group creative director to be based in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Niekerk joins the network’s creative leadership team...