By CHARITY MOONGA – THE labour movement and some Church bodies have criticised civil society organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties pressing for protests over the Constitution-making process. Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia...

By NCHIMUNYA MUGANYA – UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Batoka Ward Councillor Markson Simwami and 350 others in Choma have defected from the opposition party to join the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). Mr Simwami...

By NORMA SIAME – THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Northern Province has petitioned President Michael Sata and the party’s central committee asking for disciplinary action to be taken against former Defence minister Geoffrey Mwamba who...

By NORMA SIAME – PATRIOTIC Front (PF) central committee member Willie Nsanda yesterday said former Defence minister Geoffrey Mwamba would be buried in an electoral avalanche if he fails to humble himself and admit he...

By JOSEPH BANDA and NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – THE Government says it is aware of a plot by some civil society organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties to mount a campaign to discredit the ongoing Constitution-making...

By ISAAC MUKANDO – HUNDREDS of mourners led by Cabinet ministers yesterday paid their last respects to the late Mufulira District Commissioner (DC) Beatrice Mithi.   Government described the late Mrs Mithi as a committed...

By MAYA NTANDA – FORMER Sport, Youth and Child Development Deputy Minister Stephen Masumba has been arrested for alleged unlawful discharge of a firearm. Mr Masumba was detained at Kitwe Central Police Station on New...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has appointed retired Kitwe High Court judge, Lloyd Siame as an additional member of the Tribunal constituted to probe the conduct of two suspended Ndola High Court judges,...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THREE police officers in Choma, who allegedly killed a 32-year-old man on New Year’s Day during a patrol, yesterday appeared in the Choma Magistrate’s Court for mention on a murder charge....

By ISAAC MUKANDO – GOVERNMENT has awarded two local suppliers a contract to supply 42,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser to Copperbelt farmers. Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Luxon Kazabu said that a contract had been...