From PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – In Kinshasa DRC, Thursday THE 17th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit for Heads of State and Government closed here yesterday with a call for member states to...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – GOVERNMENT will undertake a review process of the Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Act of 2009 while it is being implemented, Government spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has said. Mr Kapeya, who is also...

From PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE  in Kinshasa DRC, Wednesday – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has called for more efforts towards industrialisation and job creation in order to increase economic growth and reduce poverty in the region. Mr Sata...

By CHUSA SICHONE, CHARITY MOONGA, ISAAC MUKANDO and CHATULA KAMPO – THE Patriotic Front (PF) has condemned what it described as regionalism and tribalism that characterised the just-ended Katuba Constituency by-election in Chibombo District. Katuba...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister, Mwansa Kapeya has said the media has a key role to play in the successful commemoration of Zambia’s Golden Jubilee this October. Mr Kapeya said the...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – JUSTICE Minister Wynter Kabimba has assured that Government is not resisting giving Zambians a people-driven Constitution. He explained that the Constitutional Technical Committee had advised him that it was now ready...

By CHUSA SICHONE – NORTHERN Province Minister Freedom Sikazwe was yesterday beaten by suspected opposition political party cadres in Katuba constituency in Chibombo while voting in the by-election was underway. Mr Sikazwe said he was...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Parliamentary Public Account Committee (PAC) yesterday heard how the Southern Province administration paid imprest amounting to K753, 671 in 2012 to officers who had not retired previous payments. The 2012...

From PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE- Kinshasa Tuesday PRESIDENT Michael Sata has arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attend the 17th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Heads of State summit which opens...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – GOVERNMENT has sealed a US$6.9 million financial deal to create 3,000 decent jobs for youths and improve food security through the development of sustainable livelihoods in rural areas, President Michael Sata...