By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata says the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) will be a tool for modernisation and diversification of the economy in order to create jobs, wealth and prosperity for the Zambian...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – GOVERNMENT has directed the Mines Safety Department to step up its supervisory mechanism to curb the rising mine accidents in the country. On Monday, a 31-year-old miner of Mopani Copper Mines...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – MORE than 700 households in Livingstone’s Mulala Village in Libuyu Ward have been cut off from the rest of the city following the collapse of Mulala Bridge on Maramba River. The...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has challenged the Zambia Security Intelligences Service (ZSIS) to come up with appropriate strategies to monitor and wipe out corrupt practices and other cases of economic sabotage. Mr...

By ISAAC MUKANDO – A THIRTY-ONE-YEAR old miner of Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) in Mufulira has died after his head was blown off by an explosive. Worby Chichalwe died on Monday when an explosive blasted...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – GOVERNMENT has urged the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to be effective in revenue collection to help finance national infrastructure development. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said revenue collection was an essential component...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – GOVERNMENT has challenged consumer watch groups and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to jack up and play their role of protecting consumers against exploitation by millers selling mealie-meal at exorbitant...

By CHARITY MOONGA – VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has condemned the planned demonstrations over the Constitution-making process more so that the Technical Committee drafting the Republican document has not even handed it over to the Government....

By NORMA SIAME – ALLIANCE for Better Zambia president Frank Bwalya yesterday appeared before a Kasama magistrate’s court where he pleaded not guilty to one count of defaming President Michael Sata and another of proposing...

By NORMA SIAME – ALLIANCE for Better Zambia (ABZ) leader Frank Bwalya has been arrested in Kasama for allegedly defaming Republican President Michael Sata. Police in the Northern Province headquarters yesterday had a tough time...