By JAMES KUNDA – CABINET has approved the suspension of the 15 per cent duty and five per cent surtax on the importation of maize to encourage private sector participation to ensure food security in...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A JUDICIARY stores officer and two University Teaching Hospital (UTH) employees have been jailed five years each for stealing a newborn at the health facility in Lusaka.Lusaka Resident Magistrate Christopher Hapungani...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI and PASSY HAACHIZO – SIX suspects have escaped from lawful custody at Mansansa Police Post in Mkushi District of Central Province.The escapees were facing offences such as murder, stock theft, and breaking...

By JOSEPH BANDA – TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali and his Home Affairs and Internal Security counterpart Jack Mwiimbu are in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attend a Southern Africa Development Community...

By JAMES KUNDATHE ongoing corporate governance issues at the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) are being handled by the board and management of the institution administratively.Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana said during a Press...

By CHUSA SICHONE – FORMER Multichoice Zambia general manager, Guntila Muleya, has been appointed as the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) new director general.The IBA board’s appointment of Mr Muleya to replace Josephine Mapoma was effective...

By JULIUS PHIRI – A FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD woman and her daughter have been arrested for allegedly battering her husband to death in Chitulika Village of Chief Chikwanda’s area in Mpika District.Muchinga Province Police chief Paul Achiume...

By CHUSA SICHONE – BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley says Zambia’s democratic space has been growing and there is evidence to support the huge strides that have been recorded in that area.He said...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – FORMER Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Ronald Shikapwasha ‘s wife, Jane Lusengo- Shikapwasha yesterday pleaded not guilty to murdering her husband.Lusengo -Shikapwasha, 73, told Lusaka High Court Judge Conceptor Zulu that...

By JAMES KUNDA – FORMER vice-president Nevers Mumba says he has instructed his lawyers to commence legal action against former special assistant to the president for political affairs, in the Patriotic Front (PF) regime Christopher...